Calretinin immunohistochemistry in Hirschsprung's disease: An adjunct to formalin-based diagnosis

Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 226-233

  Kaçar, Ayper ^a   Arikök, Ata Türker ^b   Azili, Müjdem Nur ^a   Ekberli Aǧirbaş, Günay ^a   Tiryaki, Tuǧrul ^a  

^a Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b DISKAPI YILDIRIM BEYAZIT TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Calretinin; Dysmotility; Hirschsprung's disease; Intestinal pseudo obstruction

Indexed keywords

CALRETININ;

ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING COLON; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAMINA PROPRIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NERVE CELL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECTUM BIOPSY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH MUSCLE;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLON; FEMALE; GANGLIA; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84866509051     PISSN: 13004948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4318/tjg.2012.0337     Document Type: Article

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