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Karl-Erik Andersson, M.D., Ph.D.
 Professor
Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
336-713-1195
EDUCATION:
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1968 M.D. University of Lund
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1973 Thesis, pharmacology: "Studies on the excitation-contraction coupling in frog skeletal muscle" Department of Pharmacology, University of Lund. Supervisor prof Paul Edman.
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
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Basis for Drug Treatment of OAB
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Pharmacology of Regenerating Bladder Tissues
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Future Drugs for the Treatment of BPH/LUTS
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Treating OAB Patients with Antimuscarinics: Cardiac Considerations
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Bladder Dysfunction: Future Treatment Perspectives
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Effects of Antimuscarinics on Bladder Afferent Signaling
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Effects of Antimuscarinic Treatment on Heart and Bladder
RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
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Streng T, Axelsson HE, Hedlund P, Andersson DA, Jordt SE, Bevan S, Andersson KE, Högestätt ED, Zygmunt PM. Distribution and Function of the Hydrogen Sulfide-Sensitive TRPA1 Ion Channel in Rat Urinary Bladder. Eur Urol. 2008 Feb;53(2):391-400. Epub 2007 Oct 22.
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Hipp J, Andersson KE, Kwon TG, Kwak EK, Yoo J, Atala A. Microarray analysis of exstrophic human bladder smooth muscle. BJU Int. 2008 Jan;101(1):100-5. Epub 2007 Sep 13.
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Lee T, Andersson KE, Streng T, Hedlund P. Simultaneous registration of intraabdominal and intravesical pressures during cystometry in conscious rats-Effects of bladder outlet obstruction and intravesical PGE(2). Neurourol Urodyn. 2008;27(1):88-95.
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