Histomorphometric and sympathetic innervation of the human renal artery: A cadaveric study

Urology Annals

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 141-146

  Reddy, Sreenivasulu ^a   Kumar, Pramod ^b   Prasad, Keerthana ^c  

^a Kasturba Medical College International Center   (India)

^b KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c MANIPAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Histology; intimal hyperplasia; stenosis; sympathetic nerve

Indexed keywords

TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADULT; ADVENTITIA; AGED; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; ELASTIC FIBER; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY INNERVATION; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL ARTERY; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

EID: 80053068632     PISSN: 09747796     EISSN: 09747834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-7796.84968     Document Type: Article

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