Serum-free coculture of stromal and epithelial cells from benign prostatic hyperplasia with keratinocyte growth factor

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 209-212

  Hashiba, Takahumi ^a   Noguchi, Sumio ^a   Tsuchiya, Futoshi ^a   Takeda, Mitsumasa ^a   Masuda, Mitsunobu ^a   Kubota, Yoshinobu ^a   Hosaka, Masahiko ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Coculture; Keratinocyte growth factor

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; KERATINOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; COCULTURE; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; STROMA CELL;

EID: 0033910428     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000030532     Document Type: Article

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