Quantitative assessment of uroflow: Is there a circadian rhythm?

Urology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 221-228

  Witjes, Wim P J ^a   Wijkstra, Hessel ^a   Debruyne, Frans M J ^a   De La Rosette, Jean J M C H ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; URINE VOLUME; URODYNAMICS; UROFLOWMETRY;

EID: 0030755442     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(97)00190-8     Document Type: Article

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