Assessing the interstitial cells of cajal, cells of enteric nervous system and neurotransmitters in slow transit constipation, using lmmunohistochemistry for CD117,PG9.5 and serotonin

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 56, Issue 96, 2009, Pages 1670-1674

  Geramizadeh, Bita ^a,b   Hayati, Kamran ^a   Rahsaz, Marjan ^b   Hosseini, Seyed Vahid ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cajal cells; Enteric nervous system; Slow transit constipation

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER; PGP 9.5 ENZYME; SEROTONIN; STEM CELL FACTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; THIOL ESTER HYDROLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; INTESTINE INNERVATION; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PACEMAKER NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOW TRANSIT CONSTIPATION;

ADULT; AGED; CELL COUNT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIAL CELLS OF CAJAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; SEROTONIN; UBIQUITIN THIOLESTERASE;

EID: 74949110612     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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