Bladder and External Urethral Sphincter Function After Prenatal Closure of Myelomeningocele

Journal of Urology

Volumn 176, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2232-2236

  Koh, Chester J ^a   DeFilippo, Roger E ^a   Borer, Joseph G ^b   Khoshbin, Shahram ^c   Bauer, Stuart B ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

bladder; meningomyelocele; neurogenic; prenatal care; urethra; urodynamics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER FUNCTION; BLADDER SPHINCTER; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENERVATION; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URODYNAMICS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FETUS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 33750341552     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2006.07.077     Document Type: Article

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