Gastrointestinal system

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Systems Biology and Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-79

  Cheng, Leo K ^a   O'Grady, Gregory ^a,b   Du, Peng ^a,b   Egbuji, John U ^a,b   Windsor, John A ^b   Pullan, Andrew J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; INTESTINE MUCOSA; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEROSA; SMOOTH MUSCLE; STOMACH;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; SEROUS MEMBRANE; STOMACH;

EID: 79952118880     PISSN: 19395094     EISSN: 1939005X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wsbm.19     Document Type: Review

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