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The relative proportion of pre-enterochromaffin (argyrophile) and enterochromaffin (argentaffin) cells in the gastro-intestinal tract of human foetuses

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The proportion of argyrophile cells that are argentaffin varies considerably over different parts of the gastro-intestinal tract of the human foetus. In the small intestine plots of the number of argentaffin cells against the number of argyrophile cells, at various cranio-caudal levels, reveal no correlation. The percentage of argyrophile cells that are argentaffin decreases in a caudal direction in the proximal part of the small intestine, but markedly increases in the distal part. In the large intestine there is a positive correlation between the numbers of argyrophile and argentaffin cells, but the percentage of argyrophile cells that are argentaffin also varies with cranio-caudal level. The pattern of this variation is not consistent in the various foetuses studied.

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    Inderbir Singh

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Singh, I. The relative proportion of pre-enterochromaffin (argyrophile) and enterochromaffin (argentaffin) cells in the gastro-intestinal tract of human foetuses. Zeitschrift für Zellforschung 67, 338–342 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00339379

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