Neurobiology of stress urinary incontinence: New insights and implications for treatment

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 539-543

  Cardozo, L ^a,b  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMOXETINE; DULOXETINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NISOXETINE; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLADDER FUNCTION; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLPOSUSPENSION; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; MUSCLE TRAINING; NAUSEA; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PARITY; PELVIS FLOOR; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; URODYNAMICS;

ADRENERGIC UPTAKE INHIBITORS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THIOPHENES; URETHRA; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

EID: 31944451862     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443610500227961     Document Type: Review

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