The importance of autonomic dysreflexia to the urologist

BJU International

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 923-926

  Shergill, I S ^a,c   Arya, M ^a   Hamid, R ^a,b   Khastgir, J ^b   Patel, H R H ^a   Shah, P J R ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Charles Bell House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomic dysreflexia; Causes; Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Spinal cord injury; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA; BLADDER DISTENSION; CATHETER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROLOGY; REVIEW; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA; HUMANS; TERMINOLOGY; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 2542592388     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2003.04756.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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