An immunohistochemical study of the myenteric plexus in idiopathic achalasia

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 407-410

  Villanacci, Vincenzo ^a   Annese, Vito ^b   Cuttitta, Antonello ^c   Fisogni, Simona ^a   Scaramuzzi, Gerardo ^c   De Santo, Ermelinda ^b   Corazzi, Nadia ^d   Bassotti, Gabrio ^d  

^a 2nd Department of Pathology   (Italy)

^b Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Unit   (United States)

^c CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

achalasia; enteric nervous system; immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE; CD3 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOESOPHAGOMYOTOMY; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION DISORDER; ESOPHAGUS MYOTOMY; FEMALE; HERPES VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; PAPILLOMA VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CYTOLOGY; ESOPHAGUS; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD3; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIAL CELLS OF CAJAL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NEURONS; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 77953771379     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e3181bc9ebf     Document Type: Article

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