Prenatal and Postnatal Neuromuscular Development of the Ureterovesical Junction

Journal of Urology

Volumn 177, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1546-1551

  Pirker, Martina E ^a,b   Rolle, Udo ^a   Shinkai, Toko ^a   Shinkai, Masato ^a   Puri, Prem ^a  

^a OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

kidney; muscle; smooth; swine; ureter; vesico ureteral reflux

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DESMIN; DYE; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; MASSON TRICHROME; PERIPHERIN; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOW (SWINE); URETER;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; SWINE; URETER; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 33947211252     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2006.11.081     Document Type: Article

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