Pressure-to-cross-sectional area relationships in the proximal urethra of men with bladder outlet obstruction

Journal of Urology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 267-270

  Graversen, Peder H ^a   Bagi, Per ^a   Tofft, Hans Peter ^a   Colstrup, Hans ^a   Kristensen, Jørgen Kvist ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bladder neck obstruction; Physiology; Prostatic hypertrophy; Urethra; Urodynamics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CYSTOMETRY; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URETHRA; URETHRA PRESSURE; URODYNAMICS; UROFLOWMETRY;

AGED; BALLOON DILATATION; BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; MALE; PRESSURE; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; URETHRA; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 0029656116     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)66615-1     Document Type: Article

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