The London Classification of gastrointestinal neuromuscular pathology: A little more flexibility would be wise...

Gut

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1737-

  Bassotti, Gabrio ^a   Villanacci, Vincenzo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

CELL TYPE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EOSINOPHIL; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; GLIA CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; INTESTINE INNERVATION; LETTER; MAST CELL; NERVE CELL; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; UNITED KINGDOM; CLASSIFICATION; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; CELL POPULATION; CONSTIPATION; GLIOSIS; HOMEOSTASIS; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; NEUROPATHY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 80555156834     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: 14683288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2010.223693     Document Type: Letter

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