Urethral and Bladder Current Perception Thresholds: Normative Data in Women

Journal of Urology

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 189-192

  Kenton, Kimberly ^a   Simmons, Jennifer ^a   FitzGerald, Mary Pat ^a   Lowenstein, Lior ^a   Brubaker, Linda ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

bladder; electric stimulation; female; sensory thresholds; urethra

Indexed keywords

A BETA FIBER; A DELTA FIBER; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER C; NERVE FUNCTION; NORMAL VALUE; PELVIS SURGERY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SAMPLE; SENSORY NERVE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STIMULATOR; URETHRA;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 34250157396     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2007.03.032     Document Type: Article

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