Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 38, Issue 1 , Pages 1-12 , January 2003

Extracellular matrix protein expression during mouse detrusor development

Presented at the 49th Annual Congress of the British Association of Paediatric Surgeons, Cambridge, England, July 23-26, 2002.

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☆ This work was supported by Action Research, the Royal College of Surgeons, and the Kidney Research Aid Fund.

☆☆ Address reprint requests to Professor A.S. Woolf, Nephro-Urology Unit, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford St, London WC1N 1EH, England.

PII: S0022-3468(02)63008-8

doi: 10.1053/jpsu.2003.50000

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 38, Issue 1 , Pages 1-12 , January 2003

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