Reconstruction of rabbit urethra using urethral extracellular matrix

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1786-1790

  Yang, Si Xing ^a   Yao, Yi ^a   Hu, Yun Fei ^a   Song, Chao ^a   Wang, Ling Long ^a   Jin, Hua Min ^a  

^a RENMIN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Extracellular matrix; Tissue engineering; Urethral defect

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GRAFT PATENCY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RABBIT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STAINING; TISSUE REGENERATION; TISSUE REPAIR; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; URETHRA DISEASE; URETHRA FUNCTION; URETHROGRAPHY; URETHROPLASTY; URETHROSCOPY; URODYNAMICS; UROTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; RABBITS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; URETHRA;

EID: 11344278191     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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