Age-Related Rhabdosphincter Function in Female Urinary Stress Incontinence: Assessment of Intraurethral Sonography

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 631-638

  Klauser, Andrea ^a   Frauscher, Ferdinand ^a   Strasser, Hannes ^a   Helweg, Gernot ^a   Kölle, Dieter ^a   Strohmeyer, Dagmar ^a   Stenzl, Arnulf ^a   Nedden, Dieter Zur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Intraurethral sonography; Rhabdosphincter; Urinary stress incontinence; Urodynamics

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CATHETERS; DISEASES; MUSCLE; PATIENT MONITORING; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC EFFECTS;

INTRAURETHRAL SONOGRAPHY; URINARY STRESS INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMIC TESTS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTESTINE PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; REST; STRESS INCONTINENCE; THICKNESS; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 2342516830     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2004.23.5.631     Document Type: Article

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