Bladder outlet physiology in the context of lower urinary tract dysfunction

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 708-713

  Sadananda, Prajni ^a   Vahabid, Bahareh ^b   Drake, Marcus J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH BRISTOL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bladder outlet; Neural control

Indexed keywords

BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; BLADDER NECK; DETRUSOR DYSSYNERGIA; EJACULATION; FOWLER SYNDROME; HUMAN; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MICTURITION; MICTURITION DISORDER; NONHUMAN; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; RETROGRADE EJACULATION; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; URINARY URGENCY;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; URINARY BLADDER; URINATION; URODYNAMICS; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 79959827440     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: 15206777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.21137     Document Type: Review

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