An assessment of enteric nervous system and estroprogestinic receptors in obstructed defecation associated with rectal intussusception

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Bassotti, Gabrio ^a   Villanacci, Vincenzo ^b   Bellomi, Alberto ^c   Fante, Rossella ^c   Cadei, Moris ^b   Vicenzi, Luca ^c   Tonelli, Francesco ^d   Nesi, Gabriella ^d   Asteria, Corrado R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

^c CARLO POMA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Constipation; Enteric plexus; Estroprogestinic receptors; Neuropathology; Obstructed defecation

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; INTESTINE INNERVATION; MALE; MESENTERY; OBSTRUCTED DEFECATION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM PROLAPSE; RECTUM RESECTION; SUBMUCOSA;

AGED; ANIMALS; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUSSUSCEPTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; RECTAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84856780185     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2011.01850.x     Document Type: Article

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