Effect of age and outlet resistance on rabbit urinary bladder emptying

Journal of Urology

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 924-930

  Yu, Hong Jeng ^b   Levin, Robert M ^b   Longhurst, Penelope A ^b   Damaser, Margot S ^a  

^a HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Age; Bladder; In vitro; Rabbit; Resistance

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; BLADDER MUSCLE; BLADDER OBSTRUCTION; BLADDER PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOMETRY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RABBIT; URINE FLOW RATE; URINE RETENTION;

EID: 0030792872     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)64365-9     Document Type: Article

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