Immunohistochemical analysis of low-affinity nerve growth factor receptor in the human urinary bladder

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 76-80

  Eryildirim, Bilal ^a   Tarhan, Fatih ^a,b   Gül, Aylin Ege ^a   Erbay, Erkan ^a   Kuyumcuoǧlu, Uǧur ^a  

^a Kartal Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bladder outlet obstruction; Immunohistochemistry; Low affinity nerve growth factor receptor

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BLADDER BIOPSY; BLADDER INNERVATION; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; BLADDER WALL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE FIBER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; URODYNAMICS; UROTHELIUM;

AGED; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; RECEPTOR, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION; UROTHELIUM;

EID: 33745826327     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000092939     Document Type: Article

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