A preliminary study of natural-fill radiotelemetered ovine fetal cystometry

BJU International

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 382-387

  Thiruchelvam, N ^a,b   Godley, M L ^a   Farrugia, M K ^a   Cuckow, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH HAMPSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambulatory; Bladder; Development; Ovine; Pressure

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; BLADDER MALFORMATION; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; BLADDER PRESSURE; CATHETER; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOMETRY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS (ANATOMY); FETUS BLADDER; FETUS SURGERY; LAMB; MALE; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; TELEMETRY; URETHRA VALVE;

ANIMALS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; PRESSURE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SHEEP; TELEMETRY; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION; URINATION;

EID: 1342310015     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2003.04622.x     Document Type: Article

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