Cajal-like cells in the human upper urinary tract

Journal of Urology

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 769-772

  Metzger, Roman ^a,d   Schuster, Tobias ^b   Till, Holger ^a   Stehr, Maximilian ^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

Immunohistochemistry; Proto oncogene protein c kit; Ureter

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL POPULATION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; MAST CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STEM CELL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; URETER; URINARY TRACT; UROTHELIUM;

EID: 3142655326     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000130571.15243.59     Document Type: Article

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