Trypanosoma cruzi infection induced changes in the innervation, structure and function of the murine bladder

Journal of Urology

Volumn 173, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1784-1788

  Boczko, Judd ^a   Tar, Moses ^a   Melman, Arnold ^a   Jelicks, Linda A ^a   Wittner, Murray ^a   Factor, Stephen M ^a   Zhao, Dazhi ^a   Hafron, Jason ^a   Weiss, Louis M ^a   Tanowitz, Herbert B ^a   Christ, George J ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder; Chagas disease; Protozoan infections; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; BLADDER COMPLIANCE; BLADDER DISTENSION; BLADDER FUNCTION; BLADDER INNERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTITIS; CYSTOMETRY; DEFORMITY; FIBROSIS; MALE; MICTURITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; TRYPOMASTIGOTE; URINE VOLUME;

EID: 20244362087     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000154170.87947.b8     Document Type: Article

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