Longitudinal and thickness measurement of the normal distal and intravesical ureter in human fetuses

Journal of Urology

Volumn 169, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1501-1504

  Oswald, Josef ^a   Brenner, Erich ^a   Deibl, Martina ^a   Fritsch, Helga ^a   Bartsch, Georg ^a   Radmayr, Christian ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Embryo and fetal development; Growth and embryonic development; Reference standards; Ureter

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY PELVIS; MESENCHYME; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE; URETER; URINARY TRACT;

EID: 0037375997     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000057047.82984.7f     Document Type: Article

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