The role of pubococcygeus muscle in urinary continence in the male rat

Journal of Urology

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2402-2406

  Manzo, Jorge ^a   Esquivel, Adriana ^b   Hernández, Maria Elena ^b   Carrillo, Porfirio ^b   Martínez Gómez, Margarita ^b   Pacheco, Pablo ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^b NONE

Author keywords

cystometrogram; external urethral sphincter; micturition; pelvic floor

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CYSTOMETRY; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MALE; MICTURITION; MICTURITION REFLEX; NONHUMAN; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL REFLEX; SURGICAL ANATOMY; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0030990275     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)64788-8     Document Type: Article

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