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THE embryological appearance and derivation of the argentaffin cells (enterochromaffin) of the gastrointestinal epithelium in human beings remains somewhat obscure. Masson1, in 1928, stated that on the basis of his embryological work, the argentaffin cells appeared in the intestinal epithelium “about the fourth month of fœtal life in man” and arose directly from the entoderm. According to Masson these observations were confirmed by Parat, although no reference was cited.
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COLE, J., McKALEN, A. Argentaffin Cells in the Intestinal Epithelium of Human Embryos. Nature 193, 198 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/193198a0
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