Uroflow in women: An overview and suggestions for the future

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-36

  Jorgensen J B ^a,b   Colstrup, H ^a   Frimodt Moller C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Flow curve patterns; Normal values; Uroflow; Women

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ELECTRONICS; FEMALE; FLOWMETER; HUMAN; MICTURITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; UROFLOWMETRY;

EID: 0031835130     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01900539     Document Type: Article

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