Urethra
"Urethra" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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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| 1993 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Urethra" by people in Profiles.
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Lee NG, Rushton HG, Peters CA, Groves DS, Pohl HG. Evaluation of prenatal hydronephrosis: novel criteria for predicting vesicoureteral reflux on ultrasonography. J Urol. 2014 Sep; 192(3):914-8.
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Hsieh MH. Editorial comment. J Urol. 2011 May; 185(5):1898-9.
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Zilbert NR, Sand M, Draper L, Ricci J, Nadler EP. Successful non-operative management of an iatrogenic recto-urethral fistula in a 13-year-old boy. J Pediatr Urol. 2009 Apr; 5(2):142-4.
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Kalloo NB, Gearhart JP, Barrack ER. Sexually dimorphic expression of estrogen receptors, but not of androgen receptors in human fetal external genitalia. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1993 Sep; 77(3):692-8.