Haemorrhoids - a collagen disease?

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1249-1253

  Willis, S ^a   Junge, K ^b   Ebrahimi, R ^a   Prescher, A ^c   Schumpelick, V ^b  

^a KLINIKUM LUDWIGSHAFEN   (Germany)

^b Department of Surgery ^*  (Germany)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Collagen; Extracellular matrix; Haemorrhoids

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLAGEN DISEASE; COLLAGEN METABOLISM; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; FEMALE; HEMORRHOID; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PHOTOMETRY; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE I; COLLAGEN TYPE III; FEMALE; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEINS;

EID: 78349256249     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2009.02010.x     Document Type: Article

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