Study of the effect of vesical filling and voiding on ureterovesical junctions and internal urethral meatus: The filling and meato-vesico-ureteraI reflexes

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 449-453

  Shafik, Ahmed ^a,b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Micturition; Reflex; Reflux; Urethra; Urinary bladder; Urination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BLADDER PRESSURE; CATHETER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MICTURITION; MICTURITION REFLEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URETHRA; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0031764449     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.1998.tb00386.x     Document Type: Article

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