The concentration of elastic fibres in the male urethra during human fetal development

BJU International

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 620-623

  Bastos, Ana L ^a   Silva, Eloisio A ^a   Costa, Waldemar Silva ^a   Sampaio, Francisco J B ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Elastic tissue; Extracellular matrix; Fetal development; Urethra

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; ELASTIC FIBER; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; URETHRA; VOLUMETRY;

ELASTIC TISSUE; HUMANS; MALE; URETHRA;

EID: 4544341901     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2004.05012.x     Document Type: Article

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