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. 1989 Jul;21(3):557-64.

Myelinoid bodies in endocrine-paracrine (neuroendocrine, APUD) cells of the prostatourethral region

P A di Sant'Agnese  1 , K L de Mesy Jensen
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  • PMID: 2571405

Myelinoid bodies in endocrine-paracrine (neuroendocrine, APUD) cells of the prostatourethral region

P A di Sant'Agnese et al. J Submicrosc Cytol Pathol. 1989 Jul.

Abstract

Distinctive myelinoid bodies (myelinosomes) are described in apparently normal endocrine-paracrine (APUD, neuroendocrine) cells of the prostate and urethra. The ultrastructural findings suggest that this phenomenon represents a form of crinophagy, that is to say autophagocytosis of neuroendocrine granules.

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