Observations on seminal vesicle dynamics in an in vivo rat model

Journal of Urology

Volumn 159, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1731-1734

  Turek, Paul J ^a,b   Aslam, Khalid ^a   Younes, Abdel K ^a   Nguyen, Hiep T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ejaculation; Microsurgery; Seminal vesicle; Urodynamics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER PRESSURE; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEMINAL VESICLE; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 0032451275     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005392-199805000-00102     Document Type: Article

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