Decreased elastin gene expression in noncompliant human bladder tissue: A competitive reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction analysis

Journal of Urology

Volumn 160, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1658-1662

  Djavan, Bob ^a,b   Lin, Victor ^a,b   Kaplan, E Paul ^a,b   Richier, John C ^a,b   Shariat, Shahrokh ^a,b   Marberger, Michael ^a,b   McConnell, John D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder; Elastin; Genes; Polymerase chain reaction; Reverse transcriptase

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ELASTIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLADDER OBSTRUCTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENSITOMETRY; DETRUSOR DYSSYNERGIA; DOWN REGULATION; ELASTIC FIBER; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0345411426     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)62375-9     Document Type: Article

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