Comparison of treatment outcomes of imipramine for female genuine stress incontinence

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 106, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1089-1092

  Lin, Ho Hsiung ^a   Sheu, Bor Ching ^a   Lo, Mei Chen ^a   Huang, Su Cheng ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMIPRAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOMETRY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; MICTURITION; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA PRESSURE; URINE FLOW RATE; URODYNAMICS; UROFLOWMETRY;

ADRENERGIC UPTAKE INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMIPRAMINE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 0032833836     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1999.tb08119.x     Document Type: Article

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