The maximum watts factor as a measure of detrusor contractility independent of outlet resistance

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 621-635

  Lecamwasam, Harish S ^a   Yalla, Subbarao V ^a,b   Cravalho, Ernest G ^a   Sullivan, Maryrose P ^a  

^a HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Detrusor contractility; Maximum watts factor; Outlet obstruction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; DOG; FEMALE; FLOWMETER; MICTURITION; NONHUMAN; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; URODYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; COMPLIANCE; DOGS; FEMALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 0031739848     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6777(1998)17:6<621::AID-NAU6>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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