Smooth muscle development in the obstructed fetal bladder

Urology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 104-107

  Freedman, Andrew L ^a   Qureshi, Faisal ^b   Shapiro, Ellen ^b   Lepor, Herbert ^b   Jacques, Suzanne M ^b   Evans, Mark I ^b   Smith, Craig A ^b   Gonzalez, Ricardo ^b   Johnson, Mark P ^b  

^a CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER; BLADDER OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FETAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0031027290     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(96)00385-8     Document Type: Article

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