Is urethral pressure profilometry a useful diagnostic test for stress urinary incontinence?

Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 720-735

  Weber, Anne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MICTURITION; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URETHRA; URETHRA PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDLINE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRESSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URETHRA; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

EID: 0035196048     PISSN: 00297828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006254-200111000-00024     Document Type: Review

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