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Overcoming scarring in the urethra: Challenges for tissue engineering

Urethral stricture disease is increasingly common occurring in about 1% of males over the age of 55. The stricture tissue is rich in myofibroblasts and multi-nucleated giant cells which are thought to be related to stricture formation and collagen synthesis. An increase in collagen is associated wit...

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Autores principales: Simsek, Abdulmuttalip, Aldamanhori, Reem, Chapple, Christopher R., MacNeil, Sheila
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Second Military Medical University 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5934514/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29736368
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajur.2018.02.002