Morphological Expression of KIT Positive Interstitial Cells of Cajal in Human Bladder

Journal of Urology

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 370-377

  Johnston, Louise ^a   Woolsey, Siobhan ^a   Cunningham, Rebecca M J ^a   O'Kane, Hugh ^a   Duggan, Brian ^a   Keane, Patrick ^a   McCloskey, Karen D ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anatomy and histology; interstitial cells of Cajal; muscle, smooth; proto oncogene proteins c kit; urinary bladder

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; KIT PROTEIN; PROTEIN; TRYPTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; BLADDER; BLADDER BIOPSY; BLADDER WALL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMINA PROPRIA; LEYDIG CELL; MICROVASCULATURE; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE PLEXUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

BIOPSY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIAL CELLS OF CAJAL; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 77953231070     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

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