There is a 'uc' in mucus, but is there mucus in UC?

Gut

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 216-217

  McGuckin, Michael A ^a   Hasnain, Sumaira Z ^a  

^a MATER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 10; MUCIN; MUCIN 2;

BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CELL DAMAGE; COLONOSCOPY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; GENETIC DAMAGE; GOBLET CELL; INTESTINAL MUCUS; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MUC2 GENE; MUCUS; MUCUS SECRETION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 84891697644     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: 14683288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2013-304602     Document Type: Note

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