Histopathology and histochemistry of the jejunal mucosa in the elderly
Bulletin of Alexandria Faculty of Medicine. 1981; 17 (1): 1-8
in English
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ABSTRACT
Jejunal mucosal biopsy specimens, obtained by Watson's capsule from 20 senescent males aged above 60 and 5 control males aged below 50 years were examined histopathologically, and histochemically. There were progressive blunting and flattening of villi with ageing together with altered crypt-villus ratio up to 31. This together with the few mitotic figures seen at the neck of the crypts indicated a hypoplastic mitotic process. The histochemical findings showed reduced enzymatic activities with ageing concerning succinic dehydrogenase, simple esterases, alkaline phosphatase and acid phospbatase
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IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Aged
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Histocytochemistry
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Jejunum
Language:
English
Journal:
Bull. Alex. Fac. Med.
Year:
1981
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