The effects of ureteral obstruction on Cajal-like cells in rats

Journal of Pediatric Urology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 269-273

  Kuzgunbay, Baris ^a   Doran, Figen ^a   Bayazit, Yildirim ^a   Turunc, Tahsin ^a   Satar, Nihat ^a   Kayis, Aliye Atay ^b  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

c Kit; Cajal cells; Obstruction; Ureter

Indexed keywords

STEM CELL FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL POPULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; URETER LIGATION; URETER OBSTRUCTION; URETER PERISTALSIS; URETEROPELVIC JUNCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; KIDNEY PELVIS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; URETER; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION; URINATION;

EID: 70149099372     PISSN: 14775131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2008.12.006     Document Type: Article

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