Diagnosis and treatment of primary bladder neck obstruction in men

Current Urology Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 271-275

  Huckabay, Chad ^b   Nitti, Victor W ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bladder Neck; Lower Urinary Tract Symptom; Primary Bladder Neck Obstruction; Retrograde Ejaculation; Terazosin

Indexed keywords

BLADDER; BLADDER OBSTRUCTION; CYSTOSCOPY; HUMAN; MALE; MICTURITION DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; URODYNAMICS;

CYSTOSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION; URINATION DISORDERS; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 27744506540     PISSN: 15272737     EISSN: 15346285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11934-005-0020-7     Document Type: Article

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