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gastric endocrine cell
Tuesday 30 April 2013
gastric endocrine cells
Endocrine cells of the gastric oxyntic mucosa, and especially the enterochromaffin-like (ECL) cells, are the progenitors of gastrin-promoted proliferative lesions whose tumorigenic potential largely depends on the background condition in which they arise.
Pathology
gastric endocrine cell hyperplasia
gastric carcinoid tumor