Flexible cystoscopic biopsies for evaluation of nerve densities in the suburothelium of the human urinary bladder

British Journal of Urology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 490-492

  Dasgupta, P ^a,b,c,d,e   Chandiramani, V A ^a   Beckett, A ^a   Fowler, C J ^a   Crowe, R ^a   Shah, P J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WITHINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d 3rd Floor Research Laboratories   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN S 100;

ARTICLE; BLADDER BIOPSY; BLADDER INNERVATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAMINA PROPRIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHWANN CELL; TECHNIQUE; UROTHELIUM;

EID: 0031395327     PISSN: 00071331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410x.1997.00434.x     Document Type: Article

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