The role of the rhabdosphincter in female rat voiding

BJU International

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 138-142

  Streng, Tomi ^a,b   Santti, Risto ^a   Andersson, Karl Erik ^b   Talo, Anhi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Female rat; Rhabdosphincter EMG; Urethral pressure; Urinary flow rate; Voiding

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLADDER PRESSURE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MICTURITION; MICTURITION REFLEX; NONHUMAN; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RHABDOSPHINCTER; URETHRA FUNCTION; URETHRA PRESSURE; URINE FLOW RATE;

ANIMALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; PRESSURE; RATS; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER; URINATION;

EID: 3342947903     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-4096.2004.04875.x     Document Type: Article

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