Desmin-rich smooth muscle bundles in chronic intestinal
pseudo-obstruction
Yasuhiro Watanabe, Takuji Todani, Akira Toki, Yasuhisa Sato, Kaoru Ogura,
Sae Yamamoto, Zhong-Qiu Wang
J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 25: 432-434, 1997
Intermediate filaments in smooth muscle cells play an important role in
the contracting mechanism in combination with myofilaments. We present a
patient with chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction, histologically showing
desmin-rich muscle fiber bundles in the ileum.
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