Pudendal nerve terminal sensitive latency: Technique and normal values

Journal of Urology

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 103-106

  Amarenco, Gerard ^a   Kerdraon, Jacques ^a  

^a Centre Hospitalier Robert Ballanger CHRB   (France)

Author keywords

Impotence; Nerve ending; Neuron, sensory; Pathways, neural; Penis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FECES INCONTINENCE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE; SENSORY NERVE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032862846     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)62077-9     Document Type: Article

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