Sex differences in the determination of abdominal leak point pressure in patients with intrinsic sphincter deficiency

Journal of Urology

Volumn 156, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1737-1740

  Flood, Hugh D ^a   Alevizatos, Christopher ^a   Liu, John L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

prostatectomy; urethra; urinary catheterization; urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER MALFORMATION; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; MALE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 0029960594     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)65495-8     Document Type: Article

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