Dimethyl sulfoxide: Does it change the functional properties of the bladder wall?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 253-258

  Melchior, Diethild ^a   Packer, C Subah ^a   Johnson, Tomalyn C ^a   Kaefer, Martin ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder; Cystitis, interstitial; Dimethyl sulfoxide; Electric stimulation; Rats, Sprague Dawley

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLADDER COMPLIANCE; BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLADDER FUNCTION; BLADDER WALL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0038002709     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000071520.73686.3d     Document Type: Article

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