 Urethra
"Urethra" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A tube that transports URINE from the URINARY BLADDER to the outside of the body in both the sexes. It also has a reproductive function in the male by providing a passage for SPERM.
| Descriptor ID |
D014521
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A05.360.444.492.726 A05.810.876
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| Concept/Terms |
Urethral Sphincters- Urethral Sphincters
- Sphincter, Urethral
- Sphincters, Urethral
- Urethral Sphincter
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1990 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2005 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Urethra" by people in Profiles.
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Solomon ER, Jelovsek JE. Removing a misplaced retropubic midurethral sling from the urethra and bladder neck using ear, nose, and throat instruments. Obstet Gynecol. 2015 Jan; 125(1):58-61.
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Adelowo A, Dessie S, Rosenblatt PL. The role of preoperative urodynamics in urogynecologic procedures. J Minim Invasive Gynecol. 2014 Mar-Apr; 21(2):217-22.
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Lückhoff C, Mitra B, Cameron PA, Fitzgerald M, Royce P. The diagnosis of acute urethral trauma. Injury. 2011 Sep; 42(9):913-6.
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Di Renzo D, Ellsworth PI, Caldamone AA, Chiesa PL. Transurethral puncture for ureterocele-which factors dictate outcomes? J Urol. 2010 Oct; 184(4 Suppl):1620-4.
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Nwosu BU, Hopkins TB. Newborn with klinefelter syndrome and posterior urethral valves. Urology. 2008 Nov; 72(5):1033-5.
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Haleblian G, Kraklau D, Wilcox D, Duffy P, Ransley P, Mushtaq I. Y-type urethral duplication in the male. BJU Int. 2006 Mar; 97(3):597-602.
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Porter E, Yang H, Yavagal S, Preza GC, Murillo O, Lima H, Greene S, Mahoozi L, Klein-Patel M, Diamond G, Gulati S, Ganz T, Rice PA, Quayle AJ. Distinct defensin profiles in Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis urethritis reveal novel epithelial cell-neutrophil interactions. Infect Immun. 2005 Aug; 73(8):4823-33.
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Banever GT, Moriarty KP. Posterior urethral valves in a newborn with imperforate anus: clinical presentation and management. J Pediatr Surg. 2005 Aug; 40(8):1332-4.
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Agarwal S, King CA, Klein EK, Soper DE, Rice PA, Wetzler LM, Genco CA. The gonococcal Fur-regulated tbpA and tbpB genes are expressed during natural mucosal gonococcal infection. Infect Immun. 2005 Jul; 73(7):4281-7.
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Bloch BN, Rofsky NM, Baroni RH, Marquis RP, Pedrosa I, Lenkinski RE. 3 Tesla magnetic resonance imaging of the prostate with combined pelvic phased-array and endorectal coils; Initial experience(1). Acad Radiol. 2004 Aug; 11(8):863-7.
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