Animal models of stress urinary incontinence

Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology

Volumn 202, Issue , 2011, Pages 45-67

  Jiang, Hai Hong ^a   Damaser, Margot S ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal models; Bladder pressure; Leak point pressure; Mechanism of injury; Simulated childbirth; Stress urinary incontinence; Urethral pressure; Urinary incontinence; Urodynamics

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN II; DULOXETINE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; NISOXETINE; SEROTONIN NORADRENALIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR; VENLAFAXINE;

ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; CELL HOMING; CELL THERAPY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; LIGAMENT INJURY; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SNEEZING; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SUBURETHRAL SLING; TILT TABLE TEST; URETHRA DISEASE; URETHRA PRESSURE; URETHRA SURGERY; ANIMAL; BLADDER; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; URODYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 79952207130     PISSN: 01712004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-16499-6_3     Document Type: Article

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