Full Description
Experts from Europe, Japan and the United States have contributed to this in-depth volume on digestive disease pathology. Each chapter contains numerous electron micrographs, often supplemented byline drawings, and extensive references to the literature.The clear illustrations and text are an excellent aid for the diagnosis of pathological entities in the gastrointestinal tract.
Contents
1 Differentiation of Gastric Cancer Cells: Analysis using immunohistochemistry and mucin histochemistry.- 2 Prognosis in Gastric Carcinoma: The preeminence of staging and the futility of histological classification.- 3 Varioliform Gastritis Revisited.- 4 Aminergic and Peptidergic Innervation of the Gastric Mucosa: Its Possible Relevance to Ulcerogenesis.- 5 Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas of the Gastrointestinal Tract: A review with special reference to the gut-associated lymphoid tissue.- 6 Endocrine Tumors of the Gastrointestinal Tract: Classification, Function and Biological Behavior.- 7 Immunohistochemical Localization of Chromogranin and Neuron Specific Enolase in Gastroenteropancreatic Tumors.- 8 Protein-losing Enteropathy including Intestinal Lymphangiectasia and Menetrier's Disease.- 9 Secretory IgA and Mucosal Immune Responses.- 10 Crohn's Disease in Japan: A Clinicopathologic Study.
