The Journal of Urology
Volume 172, Issue 5, Part 1 , Pages 2069-2072 , November 2004

BLOCK OF EXTERNAL URETHRAL SPHINCTER CONTRACTION BY HIGH FREQUENCY ELECTRICAL STIMULATION OF PUDENDAL NERVE

  • CHANGFENG TAI

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Department of Pharmacology, University of Pittsburgh, W1354 Biomedical Science Tower, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261 (telephone: 412-648-7016; FAX: 412-648-1945)
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  • JAMES R. ROPPOLO
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  • WILLIAM C. de GROAT

      Affiliations

    • Financial interest and/or other relationship with Abbott, Roche Palo Alto, Eli Lilly, Pfizer, Novartis, Dynogen, Johnson and Johnson, Urogene, Newron, ICOS and Neurogen

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 Accepted for publication June 11, 2004.Study received animal care and use committee approval.Supported by National Institutes of Health Grants 1R01-DK-068566-01 and 1R01-NS-045078-01.

PII: S0022-5347(05)60930-5

doi: 10.1097/01.ju.0000140709.71932.f0

The Journal of Urology
Volume 172, Issue 5, Part 1 , Pages 2069-2072 , November 2004

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