Regenerative process evaluation of neuronal subclasses in chagasic patients with megacolon

Human Immunology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 181-188

  Moreira, Milena Dionízio ^a   Brehmer, Axel ^b   De Oliveira, Enio Chaves ^c   Neto, Salustiano Gabriel ^c   Luquetti, Alejandro O ^c   Bueno, Lilian Lacerda ^d   Fujiwara, Ricardo Toshio ^d   De Freitas, Michelle Aparecida Ribeiro ^a   Da Silveira, Alexandre Barcelos Morais ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROMODULIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PERIPHERIN; SUBSTANCE P; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GANGLION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE INNERVATION; MALE; MEGACOLON; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; CHAGAS DISEASE; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; GANGLIA, AUTONOMIC; GAP-43 PROTEIN; HUMANS; MALE; MEGACOLON; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REGENERATION; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 84872612595     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: 18791166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2012.11.012     Document Type: Article

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