Extracellular Microenvironment and Cytokine Profile of the Ureterovesical Junction in Children With Vesicoureteral Reflux

Journal of Urology

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 694-700

  Schwentner, C ^a   Oswald, J ^a   Lunacek, A ^a   Pelzer, A E ^a   Fritsch, H ^a   Schlenck, B ^a   Karatzas, A ^b   Bartsch, G ^a   Radmayr, C ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

Author keywords

cytokines; extracellular matrix; fibrosis; muscle; smooth; vesico ureteral reflux

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; FIBRONECTIN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; SCLEROPROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN; TENASCIN; TETRANECTIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANTIREFLUX OPERATION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOKINES; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOMATOMEDINS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; URETEROSCOPY; UROTHELIUM; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 46449083707     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.04.048     Document Type: Article

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