Role of 17 β-estradiol on type IV collagen fibers volumetric density in the basement membrane of bladder wall

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1185-1190

  de Fraga, Rogerio ^b,c   Dambros, Miriam ^a   Miyaoka, Ricardo ^c   Riccetto, Cássio Luís Zanettini ^b,c   Palma, Paulo César Rodrigues ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bladder; Connective tissue; Estradiol; Rats

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 4; ESTRADIOL; PARAFFIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; SESAME SEED OIL; THIOPENTAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLADDER WALL; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; VOLUMETRY; WISTAR RAT;

EID: 35648973749     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-006-0294-4     Document Type: Article

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