Surface area of the digestive tract-revisited

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 681-689

  Helander, Herbert F ^a   Fändriks, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adult; Diameter; Digestive tract; Human; Length; Microvilli; Surface area; Vertical sections; Villi

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL MUCOSA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILEOCECAL VALVE; ILEUM; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE BRUSH BORDER; JEJUNUM; LARGE INTESTINE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MICROVILLUS; ORGAN SIZE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROVILLI; ORGAN SIZE;

EID: 84901506886     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365521.2014.898326     Document Type: Article

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