Striated urethral sphincter activity does not alter urethral pressure during filling cystometry

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-59

  Kenton, Kimberly ^a   Fitzgerald, Mary P ^a   Brubaker, Linda ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Striated urethral sphincter activity; Urethral pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CHILD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYSTOMETRY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR UNIT; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URETHRA PRESSURE; URODYNAMICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PRESSURE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 12844258170     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2004.07.016     Document Type: Article

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