Adult Stem Cell Therapy of Female Stress Urinary Incontinence

European Urology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 169-175

  Mitterberger, Michael ^a   Pinggera, Germar Michael ^a   Marksteiner, Rainer ^b   Margreiter, Eva ^b   Fussenegger, Martin ^c   Frauscher, Ferdinand ^b   Ulmer, Hanno ^a   Hering, Steffen ^d   Bartsch, Georg ^a   Strasser, Hannes ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c IGOR   (Austria)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Incontinence; Myoblasts; Rhabdosphincter; Stem cells; Transurethral ultrasound; Urethra

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BLADDER SPHINCTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CELL; MYOBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS;

BIOPSY; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOBLASTS, SKELETAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 36448931965     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2007.07.026     Document Type: Article

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