enteroendocrine cell (Kulchitsky cell)
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Introduction
Endocrine cells scattered throughout the digestive tract, producing at least 20 different gastrointestinal hormones & neurotransmitters. The cells contain argentaffinic or argyrophilic granules. It is hypothesized that the enteroendocrine cell is the cell of small cell carcinoma origin.
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- ↑ Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.