The gastric wall in systemic sclerosis patients: A morphological study

Italian Journal of Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 115, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 115-121

  Manetti, Mirko ^a   Milia, Anna Franca ^a   Benelli, Gemma ^a   Messerini, Luca ^a   Matucci Cerinic, Marco ^a   Ibba Manneschi, Lidia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Enteric nervous system; Fibrosis; Gastric wall; Scleroderma; Systemic sclerosis; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATROPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; INNERVATION; INTESTINE MUCOSA; METHODOLOGY; MUCOSA; PATHOLOGY; SMOOTH MUSCLE; STOMACH; STOMACH DISEASE; STOMACH MUCOSA; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ATROPHY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; STOMACH; STOMACH DISEASES;

EID: 78651481112     PISSN: 11226714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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