Microvascular architecture of the human urinary bladder wall: A corrosion casting study

Anatomical Record

Volumn 254, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 375-381

  Miodoński, Adam J ^a   Litwin, Jan A ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Blood vessels; Corrosion casting; Man; Scanning microscopy; Urinary bladder

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BLADDER MUCOSA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MICROVASCULARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TISSUE PREPARATION;

EID: 0345059226     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(19990301)254:3<375::AID-AR8>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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