Desmopressin for the treatment of nocturnal polyuria in the elderly: A dose titration study

British Journal of Urology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 642-646

  Asplund, R ^a   Sundberg, B ^a   Bengtsson, P ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antidiuretic hormone; AVP; DDAVP; Desmopressin; Elderly; Nocturia; Nocturnal polyuria

Indexed keywords

DESMOPRESSIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE EDEMA; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIURESIS; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICTURITION; NOCTURIA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POLYURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; TITRIMETRY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; DEAMINO ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; DIURESIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYURIA; RENAL AGENTS;

EID: 0031794318     PISSN: 00071331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.1998.00849.x     Document Type: Article

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