Relationship of flow rate with symptoms, quality of life and other clinical parameters in patients with LUTS suggestive of BPH

European Urology

Volumn 40, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2001, Pages 23-27

  Porru, Daniele ^a   Bartoletti, Riccardo ^b   Austoni, Edoardo ^c   Carrino, Maurizio ^d   Gianneo, Ernesto ^e   Melloni, Darwin ^f  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c Ospedale SGiuseppe   (Italy)

^d CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e SANT ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Epidemiology; ICS BPH; IPSS; Lower urinary tract symptoms; Quality of life; Uroflowmetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOCTURIA; OLIGURIA; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; URETHRA DISEASE; URINARY DYSFUNCTION; URINE FLOW RATE; URINE VOLUME; UROFLOWMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; URINATION DISORDERS; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 0035742066     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000049874     Document Type: Article

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