The effect of bilateral pudendal blockade on the static urethral closure function in healthy females

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1992, Pages 906-911

  Thind, Peter ^a   Lose, Gunnar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NERVE BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE; URETHRA FUNCTION; URETHRA PRESSURE; URODYNAMICS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUSCLES; NERVE BLOCK; PRESSURE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; URETHRA; VULVA;

EID: 0026685245     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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