Cell biology of ureter development

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-25

  Woolf, Adrian S ^a   Davies, Jamie A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TYPE; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; URETER; URETER FUNCTION; URETER MALFORMATION; UROTHELIUM;

EID: 84871864961     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: 15333450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2012020127     Document Type: Review

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