Immunohistochemical study of the muscularis externa of the esophagus in achalasia patients

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 14-21

  Hoshino, M ^a   Omura, N ^a   Yano, F ^a   Tsuboi, K ^a   Kashiwagi, H ^a   Yanaga, K ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Immunohistochemistry; Laparoscopic Heller myotomy and Dor fundoplication

Indexed keywords

LEUKOSIALIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN S 100; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; UBIQUITIN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS MUSCLE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULARIS EXTERNA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD43; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; FUNDOPLICATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; S100 PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STAINING AND LABELING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UBIQUITIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872133811     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2011.01318.x     Document Type: Article

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