Correlation between the international prostatic symptom score and a pressure-flow study in the evaluation of symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia

Journal of Urology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 200-202

  Netto Jr , Nelson Rodrigues ^a   D'Ancona, Carlos Arturo Levi ^a   De Lima, Marcelo Lopes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bladder neck obstruction; Prostate; Prostatic hyperplasia; Urodynamics

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; BLADDER PRESSURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; URINE FLOW RATE; URODYNAMICS;

BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 0029655495     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)66593-5     Document Type: Article

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