Decreased Interstitial Cells of Cajal-like Cells, Possible Cause of Congenital Refluxing Megaureters: Histopathologic Differences in Refluxing and Obstructive Megaureters

Urology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 318-323

  Kang, Hyo Jin ^a   Lee, Hye Young ^a   Jin, Mei Hua ^a   Jeong, Hyeon Joo ^a   Han, Sang Won ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; MALE; MEGAURETER; NICK END LABELING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URETER OBSTRUCTION; URETER PERISTALSIS;

APOPTOSIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLLAGEN; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; URETER; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 67651122914     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.02.062     Document Type: Article

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