Chronology and urodynamic characterization of micturition in neurohormonally induced experimental prostate growth in the rat

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-69

  Lee, Jeong Zoo ^a   Omata, Sadao ^b   Tillig, Bernd ^c   Perkash, Inder ^d   Constantinou, Christos E ^d  

^a Pusan National University Hospital

^b Nihon University   (Japan)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder; Obstruction; Prazocin; Reflux; Renal pelvis; Stiffness; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANDROSTANOLONE PROPIONATE; PRAZOSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; BLADDER PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOMETRY; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; MALE; MICTURITION; NONHUMAN; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RAT; RIGIDITY; URODYNAMICS;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ORGAN SIZE; PRAZOSIN; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; URETER; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 6844241958     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6777(1998)17:1<55::AID-NAU8>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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