The bladder cooling reflex and the use of cooling as stimulus to the lower urinary tract

Journal of Urology

Volumn 162, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1890-1896

  Geirsson, Gudmundur ^b   Lindström, Sivert ^b   Fall, Magnus ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bladder; Cold; Reflex; Urinary tract

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BABINSKI REFLEX; BLADDER; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; CHILD; COOLING; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD LESION; URINARY TRACT;

EID: 0032702443     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)68062-7     Document Type: Review

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