Nocturia: A disease or normal ageing?

BJU International, Supplement

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-15

  Fonda, D ^a  

^a Caulfield General Medical Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Arginine vasopressin; Atrial natriuretic peptide; Comorbidity; Nocturia; Output; Urine production

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; BLADDER CAPACITY; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; MICTURITION; NOCTURIA; POLYURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SLEEP; URINE VOLUME; URODYNAMICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SLEEP DISORDERS; URINATION; URINATION DISORDERS; URINE;

EID: 0033377163     PISSN: 14655101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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