Biofeedback successfully cures detrusor-sphincter dyssynergia in pediatric patients

Journal of Urology

Volumn 163, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1927-1931

  Porena, Massimo ^a   Costantini, Elisabetta ^a   Rociola, Wilma ^a   Mearini, Ettore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biofeedback (psychology); Bladder; Enuresis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTOMETRY; DETRUSOR DYSSYNERGIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENURESIS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICTURITION DISORDER; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URODYNAMICS; UROFLOWMETRY; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 0034120672     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)67600-8     Document Type: Article

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