Pudendal nerve somatosensory evoked potentials in patients with voiding and/or erectile dysfunction: Correlating test results with clinical findings

Journal of Urology

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1425-1427

  Klausner, Adam P ^a   Batra, Ashok K ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

evoked potentials; impotence; penile erection; somatosensory; urinary incontinence; urination disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION DISORDER; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE;

EID: 0029795693     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)65608-8     Document Type: Article

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