Gastrointestinal neuromuscular pathology in alpers disease

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 714-722

  Kapur, Raj P ^a,b,c   Fligner, Corinne ^b   Maghsoodi, Bita ^a   Jaffe, Ronald ^d  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpers disease; encephalopathy; enteric ganglia; ganglion cell; mitochondria; mitochondriopathy; pseudoobstruction; visceral myopathy; visceral neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL INCLUSION; CHILD; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHILDER DISEASE; SMOOTH MUSCLE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSE CEREBRAL SCLEROSIS OF SCHILDER; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; INCLUSION BODIES; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH;

EID: 79954856406     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31821433af     Document Type: Article

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