Sarcoglycan Subcomplex Expression in Refluxing Ureteral Endings

Journal of Urology

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1980-1986

  Arena, Salvatore ^a   Favaloro, Angelo ^b   Cutroneo, Giuseppina ^b   Consolo, Angela ^b   Arena, Francesco ^b   Anastasi, Giuseppe ^b   Di Benedetto, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

muscle; sarcoglycans; smooth; vesico ureteral reflux

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SARCOGLYCAN; BETA SARCOGLYCAN; DELTA SARCOGLYCAN; EPSILON SARCOGLYCAN; GAMMA SARCOGLYCAN; SARCOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOGLYCANS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; URETER; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 41749105066     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.01.059     Document Type: Article

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