Effect of urethral dilation on vesical motor activity: Identification of the urethrovesical reflex and its role in voiding

Journal of Urology

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1017-1019

  Shafik, Ahmed ^a   El Sibai, Olfat ^a   Ahmed, Ismail ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Balloon dilatation; Bladder; Reflex; Urethra; Urination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER PRESSURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW KINETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MICTURITION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STRETCH RECEPTOR; URETHRA FUNCTION; URINE FLOW RATE; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 0037362764     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000046384.71563.51     Document Type: Article

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