Argyrophil cell density in the oxyntic mucosa is higher in female than in male morbidly obese patients
Obesity is a multifactorial disorder often associated with many important diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and other metabolic syndrome conditions. Argyrophil cells represent almost the total population of endocrine cells of the human gastric mucosa and some reports have described changes of...
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| Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2013-04-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2013000400339&lng=en&tlng=en |