Role of Puborectalis muscle in the genesis of urethral pressure

Journal of Urology

Volumn 188, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1382-1388

  Rajasekaran, M Raj ^a   Sohn, Dongwan ^b   Salehi, Mitra ^a   Bhargava, Valmik ^a   Fritsch, Helga ^c   Mittal, Ravinder K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

female; muscle; pelvic floor; striated; urethra; urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENYLEPHRINE; ROCURONIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; MANOMETRY; NONHUMAN; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBORECTAL MUSCLE; RABBIT; SPHINCTER; URETHRA PRESSURE; UROGENITAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; VAGINA PRESSURE;

EID: 84866122835     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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