Detrusor Hyperactivity With Impaired Contractile Function: An Unrecognized but Common Cause of Incontinence in Elderly Patients

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 257, Issue 22, 1987, Pages 3076-3081

  Resnick, Neil M ^a   Yalla, Subbarao V ^a  

^a RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BLADDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DETRUSOR HYPERREFLEXIA; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY TRACT; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLADDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 0023266510     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1987.03390220074024     Document Type: Article

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