An electron microscopic examination of the intravesical ureter in children with primary vesico-ureteric reflux

BJU International

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1127-1131

  Sofikerim, Mustafa ^a   Sargon, Mustafa ^a   Oruc, Ozgur ^a   Dogan, Hasan S ^a   Tekgul, Serdar ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Intravesical ureter; Vesico ureteric reflux

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; URETER; URETER REIMPLANTATION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; REPLANTATION; URETER; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 34247095103     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2007.06751.x     Document Type: Article

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