Baseline abdominal pressure and Valsalva leak point pressures-correlation with clinical and urodynamic data

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 2-6

  Madjar, Shahar ^a   Balzarro, Matteo ^a   Apell, Rodney A ^a,b   Tchetgen, Marie Blanche ^a   Nelson, David ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Intravesical pressure; Urodynamics; Valsalva leak point pressure

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; BLADDER PRESSURE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIS FLOOR; SITTING; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URINE INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 0037216598     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.10073     Document Type: Article

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