Evaluation of a selective neurectomy model for low urethral pressure incontinence in female dogs

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 695-699

  Rawlings, Clarence A ^a   Coates, Joan R ^a,b   Purinton, P Thomas ^a   Barsanti, Jeanne A ^a   Carlisle, Adriene ^a   Oliver, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLADDER FUNCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOG; FEMALE; HYPOGASTRIC NERVE; HYSTERECTOMY; MICTURITION; NEURECTOMY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PUDENDAL NERVE; URETHRA FUNCTION; URETHRA PRESSURE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC DENERVATION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; HYSTERECTOMY; URETHRA; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 17544365798     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2005.66.695     Document Type: Article

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