Calcium regulation of urinary bladder function

Journal of Urology

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 732-738

  Damaser, Margot S ^a   Kim, Kap Byung ^a   Longhurst, Penelope A ^a   Wein, Alan J ^a   Levin, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETHANECHOL; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; DILTIAZEM; RYANODINE; THAPSIGARGIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLADDER FUNCTION; BLADDER PRESSURE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM;

EID: 0031013480     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)65260-1     Document Type: Article

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