Recent advances in the neurophysiology of stress urinary incontinence

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-24

  Chancellor, Michael B ^a   Perkin, Hugh ^a   Yoshimura, Naoki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Active urethral closure; External urethral sphincter; Rhabdosphincter; Stress urinary incontinence; Urethra

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ANIMAL MODEL; BLADDER SPHINCTER; INCONTINENCE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE; RAT; REVIEW; SNEEZING; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URETHRA; URETHRA PRESSURE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; URETHRA; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 15044365009     PISSN: 00365599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365590410002474     Document Type: Review

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