Cajal-like cells in the upper urinary tract: Comparative study in various species

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 169-174

  Metzger, Roman ^a,d   Schuster, Tobias ^b   Till, Holger ^a   Franke, Folker Ernst ^c   Dietz, Hans Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

C kit; CD117; ICC; Immunohistochemistry; Ureter

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGENICITY; CARNIVORE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; MAST CELL; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SPINDLE CELL; STAINING; URETER; URINARY TRACT;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CATS; CATTLE; CELL MEMBRANE; COILED BODIES; DOGS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; RABBITS; RATS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUS SCROFA; SWINE; URETER; UROTHELIUM;

EID: 16344389378     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-004-1314-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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