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Effects of posture and squatting on the dynamics of micturition

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  1. School of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering, The University of Western Australia, M050, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, WA, 6081, Australia

    M. B. Bush

  2. Abteilung fur Urogenitale Chirurgie und Urologie, Beckenbodenzentrum Munchen, 81679, Munich, Germany

    B. Liedl

  3. Clinic for Urology, Pediatric Urology and Andrology, Justus-Liebig-University, 35392, Giessen, Germany

    F. Wagenlehner

  4. Department of Statistics Abteilung fur Urogenitale Chirurgie und Urologie, Beckenbodenzentrum Munchen, 81679, Munich, Germany

    A. Yassouridis

  5. Academic Department of Surgery, University of NSW, St Vincent’s Hospital, Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia

    P. E. Petros

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Bush, M.B., Liedl, B., Wagenlehner, F. et al. Effects of posture and squatting on the dynamics of micturition. Int Urogynecol J 26, 779–780 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00192-015-2643-7

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