Localized contractions in the normal human bladder and in urinary urgency

BJU International

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1002-1005

  Drake, Marcus J ^a,c   Harvey, Ian J ^a   Gillespie, James I ^a   Van Duyl, Wim A ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bladder muscle; Micromotion; Smooth; Urodynamics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLADDER WALL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOMETRY; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUSCLE STRETCHING; OBSERVATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINARY URGENCY; URODYNAMICS; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URINATION DISORDERS; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 18544374833     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2005.05455.x     Document Type: Article

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