Influence of intravesical potassium on pelvic floor activity in women with overactive bladder syndrome: Comparative urodynamics might provide better detection of dysfunctional voiding

BJU International

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 830-834

  Akkad, Thomas ^a   Pelzer, Alexandre ^a   Mitterberger, Michael ^a   Rehder, Peter ^a   Leonhartsberger, Nicolai ^a   Bartsch, Georg ^a   Strasser, Hannes ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dysfunctional voiding; Overactive bladder syndrome; Urodynamics

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICTURITION DISORDER; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URINE VOLUME; URODYNAMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC FLOOR; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINARY BLADDER, OVERACTIVE; URODYNAMICS; UROTHELIUM;

EID: 34548442170     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2007.07047.x     Document Type: Article

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