Increased expression of connexin 43 in the overactive neurogenic detrusor

European Urology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 799-805

  Haferkamp, A ^a,b   Mundhenk, J ^a   Bastian, P J ^a   Reitz, A ^c   Dorsam J ^b   Pannek, J ^d   Schumacher, S ^a   Schurch, B ^c   Buttner R ^a   Muller S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Connexin 43; Detrusor; Gap junction; Neurogenic bladder

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 43 MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MESSENGER RNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PARAFFIN; PRIMER RNA; RIBOSOME RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; STAINING; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TISSUE SECTION; URODYNAMICS; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CONNEXIN 43; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER, NEUROGENIC;

EID: 8544254738     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2004.08.020     Document Type: Article

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