Embryology and anatomy of the vesicoureteric junction with special reference to the etiology of vesicoureteral reflux

Therapeutic Advances in Urology

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 243-250

  Radmayr, Christian ^a   Schwentner, Christian ^a   Lunacek, Andreas ^a   Karatzas, Anastasios ^a   Oswald, Josef ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

children; extracellular matrix; human fetal development; nerve supply; ureterovesical junction; vesicoureteral reflux

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993810441     PISSN: 17562872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1756287209348985     Document Type: Review

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