The pressure-flow plot in the evaluation of female incontinence

BJU International

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 948-952

  Vowles, J E ^a   Wagg, A S ^a,b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST PANCRAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Female incontinence; Pressure flow; Urethral resistance; Voiding

Indexed keywords

BLADDER PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; URETHRA; URINE INCONTINENCE; UROFLOWMETRY;

EID: 0032759623     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.1999.00325.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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