Can "functional" constipation be considered as a form of enteric neuro-gliopathy?

GLIA

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 345-350

  Bassotti, Gabrio ^a   Villanacci, Vincenzo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Constipation; Enteric glial cells; Functional diseases

Indexed keywords

FRACTALKINE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTERITIS; ENTEROPATHY; GLIA CELL; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE INNERVATION; MEDLINE; MEGACOLON; NEUROPATHY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCISEARCH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CONSTIPATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS;

EID: 78751694019     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: 10981136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/glia.21115     Document Type: Article

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