Smooth muscle within incomplete obliterations of processus vaginalis lacks apoptotic nuclei

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 42-45

  Tanyel, F Cahit ^a   Erdem, Sevim ^a   Büyükpamukçu, Nebil ^a   Tan, Ersin ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Hydrocele; Inguinal hernia; Myofibroblast; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HERNIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCELE; INGUINAL REGION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESOTHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SMOOTH MUSCLE; STAINING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TESTIS; VAGINA DISEASE; VAGINA PROCESS; CELL NUCLEUS; INGUINAL HERNIA; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

APOPTOSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTORCHIDISM; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; HUMANS; TESTICULAR HYDROCELE;

EID: 0035996243     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000064359     Document Type: Article

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