Tissue Engineering for the Lower Urinary Tract: A Review of a State of the Art Approach

European Urology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1580-1589

  Sievert, Karl Dietrich ^a   Amend, Bastian ^a   Stenzl, Arnulf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal and clinical trials; Bladder; CAT; EMEA; Legal; Nerve; Reconstructive urology; Stem cells; Tissue engineering; Urethra; Urinary sphincter

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR;

BLADDER RECONSTRUCTION; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CELL SELECTION; CONSENSUS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL; TISSUE ENGINEERING; URETHRA; URETHROPLASTY; UROTHELIUM;

ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; MALE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TISSUE ENGINEERING; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 35748948940     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2007.08.051     Document Type: Review

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