Combinations of maximum urinary flow rate and American Urological Association symptom index that are more specific for identifying obstructive and non-obstructive prostatism

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 459-472

  Schacterle, Richard S ^a   Sullivan, Maryrose P ^a,c   Yalla, Subbarao V ^a,b,d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

American Urological Association symptom index; prostatic hypertrophy; urodynamics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; BLADDER PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URETHRA PRESSURE; URINE FLOW RATE; URODYNAMICS; UROFLOWMETRY;

AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTATIC DISEASES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES; URODYNAMICS; UROLOGY;

EID: 0029765622     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6777(1996)15:5<459::AID-NAU3>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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