Structural assessment of the urethral sphincter in women with urinary retention

Journal of Urology

Volumn 173, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1246-1251

  Andrich, D E ^a,d   Rickards, D ^a   Landon, D N ^b   Fowler, C J ^b,c   Mundy, A R ^a  

^a the Institute of Urology   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^d 3rd Floor Research Laboratories   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Microscopy, electron; Muscle fibers, slow twitch; Urethra; Urinary retention, histology

Indexed keywords

GLYCOGEN; LIPID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPID STORAGE; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOPLASM; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; URINE RETENTION;

EID: 15044342015     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000156833.84907.3d     Document Type: Article

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