Can autologous myoblasts be used as a potential bulking agent?

BJU International

Volumn 102, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1731-1736

  Mitterberger, Michael ^a   Marksteiner, Rainer ^a   Schwaiger, Wolfgang ^a   Klima, Günther ^a   Schwentner, Christian ^a   Müller, Tilko ^a   Bartsch, Georg ^a   Radmayr, Christian ^a   Strasser, Hannes ^a   Oswald, Josef ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Injectables; Myoblasts; Reflux; Regenerative medicine; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

BULKING AGENT; FLUORESCENT DYE; PKH 26; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYOBLAST; MYOTUBE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; URETHRA; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

ANIMALS; MYOBLASTS; REGENERATION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SWINE; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; URETHRA; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 56649110020     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2008.07892.x     Document Type: Article

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