International Continence Society 'Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia' Study: Background, aims, and methodology

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 79-91

  Abrams, P ^a   Donovan, J L ^b   De La Rosette, J J M C M ^c   Schafer W ^d  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTINENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION; ORGANIZATION; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URODYNAMICS;

AGED; CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 0031013596     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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