Low reproducibility of maximum urinary flow rate determined by portable flowmetry

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 183-191

  Sonke, Gabe S ^a   Kiemeney, Lambertus A L M ^b   Verbeek, André L M ^b   Kortmann, Barbara B M ^b   Debruyne, Frans M J ^b   De La Rosette, Jean J M C H ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Analysis of variance; Diagnosis; Prostatic hyperplasia; Urinary flow rate; Urodynamics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; BLADDER OBSTRUCTION; BLADDER PRESSURE; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; URINE VOLUME; URODYNAMICS; UROFLOWMETRY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHEOLOGY; URINARY BLADDER DISEASES; URINATION; URODYNAMICS; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 0032907153     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6777(1999)18:3<183::AID-NAU4>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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