Is bladder outlet obstruction normal in elderly men without lower urinary tract symptoms?

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 545-551

  Bøtkor Rasmussen, Inge ^a   Bagi, Per ^a   Jørgensen, Jørgen Balslev ^b  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bladder outlet obstruction; Elderly men; Normal findings; Urodynamics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; MALE; MICTURITION; PREVALENCE; RESIDUAL URINE; URETHRA DISEASE; URODYNAMICS; UROFLOWMETRY;

EID: 0032730629     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6777(1999)18:6<545::AID-NAU2>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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