Effect of renal pelvic and ureteral distension on the striated urethral sphincter with recognition of the 'reno-vesico-sphincteric reflex'

Urological Research

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 331-336

  Shafik, Ahmed ^a,b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

MIcturition; Pressure; Urethra; Urinary bladder; Urination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KIDNEY PELVIS; MALE; MICTURITION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE; URETER; URODYNAMICS;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PELVIS; PRESSURE; REFLEX; URETER; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER; URINATION;

EID: 0031736424     PISSN: 03005623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002400050065     Document Type: Article

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