The Journal of Urology
Volume 183, Issue 4 , Pages 1288-1295 , April 2010

Bladder Afferent Signaling: Recent Findings

  • Anthony Kanai

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Department of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Pittsburgh, A-1224 Scaife Hall, 3550 Terrace St., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261 (telephone: 412-624-1430; FAX: 412-628-7197)
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  • Karl-Erik Andersson

Received 30 June 2009

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PII: S0022-5347(09)03240-6

doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.12.060

The Journal of Urology
Volume 183, Issue 4 , Pages 1288-1295 , April 2010

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