Intercellular communication and bladder function

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 539 A, Issue , 2004, Pages 239-254

  Christ, George J ^a   Venkateswarlu, Karicheti ^a   Day, Nancy S ^a   Valcic, Mira ^a   Santizo, Cristian ^a   Zhao, Weixin ^a   Wang, Hong Zhan ^a   Persson, Katerina ^a   Andersson, Karl Erik ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLADDER FUNCTION; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINE INCONTINENCE; ANIMAL; BLADDER; BLADDER OBSTRUCTION; CYTOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 2342489455     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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