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Pylorus

Known as: Pars pylorica gastricae, STOMACH, PYLORUS, Pylore 
The region of the STOMACH at the junction with the DUODENUM. It is marked by the thickening of circular muscle layers forming the pyloric sphincter… 
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Acquired obstruction of pylorusAdult hypertrophic pyloric stenosisBiopsyBiopsy of Pylorus

Narrower (4)

Epidermolysis Bullosa Simplex With Pyloric AtresiaPyloric AtresiaPyloric sphincter structureStructure of pyloric ostium of stomach

Broader (2)

Stomachpyloric region

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Review
1999
Review
1999
Lineage commitment and maturation of epithelial cells in the gut.
The dynamic concepts of gut epithelial cell populations which heralded the era of modern gut cell biology have been generally… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Gastric Mucosa Abnormalities and Tumorigenesis in Mice Lacking the pS2 Trefoil Protein
To determine the function of the pS2 trefoil protein, which is normally expressed in the gastric mucosa, the mouse pS2 (mpS2… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Nitric oxide synthase activity in infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis.
BACKGROUND Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis is a common infantile disorder characterized by enlarged pyloric musculature and gastric… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Increasing incidence of adenocarcinoma of the gastric cardia and adjacent sites.
Data in a regional cancer registry covering a population of 5 million and with an efficiency of registration of over 95% have… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Improved hospital morbidity, mortality, and survival after the Whipple procedure.
Between 1969 and 1986, 88 patients had a Whipple resection for adenocarcinoma of the pancreas (N = 50), ampulla (N = 19), distal… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Restorative proctocolectomy with ileal reservoir: pathological and histochemical study of mucosal biopsy specimens.
Mucosal biopsy specimens from the ileal reservoirs of 92 patients who had undergone restorative proctocolectomy (12 with familial… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Role of oxygen-derived free radicals in hemorrhagic shock-induced gastric lesions in the rat.
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Preservation of the pylorus in pancreaticoduodenectomy.
: Further clinical observation and laboratory evaluation will be necessary before we can recommend this modification of the usual… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
The stomatogastric nervous system: Structure and function of a small neural network
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Morphological lesions associated with human primary invasive nonendocrine pancreas cancer.
In 227 cases of human pancreas cancer (100 pancreatectomy specimens and 127 autopsies), pancreas duct epithelium not involved by… 
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