Propagation characteristics of the electrical impulse in the normal and obstructed ureter as determined at high electrophysiological resolution

BJU International

Volumn 108, Issue 2 B, 2011, Pages

  Hammad, Fayez T ^a   Lammers, Wim J ^b   Stephen, Betty ^b   Lubbad, Loay ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

electrical impulses; propagation; ureteric obstruction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HIGH ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY RESOLUTION TECHNIQUE; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPONSE TIME; URETER FUNCTION; URETER LIGATION; URETER OBSTRUCTION; UROLOGIC EXAMINATION;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; URETER; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 79960104759     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2010.09793.x     Document Type: Article

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