The 50-Year History of the Ice Water Test in Urology

Journal of Urology

Volumn 183, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1686-1692

  Al Hayek, Samih ^a   Abrams, Paul ^a  

^a BRISTOL UROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

diagnostic tests; ice; nerve fibers; routine; unmyelinated; urinary bladder; urodynamics

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMIC HYPERREFLEXIA; BLADDER DISEASE; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; BLADDER OBSTRUCTION; CAT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTALGIA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; ICE WATER TEST; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MICTURITION REFLEX; MOTONEURON; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; UROLOGIC EXAMINATION;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; ICE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; URINARY BLADDER DISEASES; UROLOGY; WATER;

EID: 77950519204     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.12.100     Document Type: Review

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