A prospective evaluation of detrusor ultrastructural changes in bladder outlet obstruction

BJU International

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 360-364

  Brierly, R D ^a,b   Hindley, R G ^a   McLarty, E ^a   Harding, D M ^a   Thomas, P J ^a  

^a ROYAL SUSSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bladder dysfunction; Detrusor; Outlet obstruction; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOSCOPY; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RESIDUAL URINE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; URODYNAMICS;

ADULT; AGED; CYSTOSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CELLS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION; URINARY RETENTION;

EID: 0037350354     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.2003.04092.x     Document Type: Article

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