Contemporary evaluation and management of the female urethral diverticulum

Urologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 617-624

  Aspera, A Michele ^a   Rackley, Raymond R ^a   Vasavada, Sandip P ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FEMININITY; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URETHRA DIVERTICULUM;

ADULT; DIVERTICULUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; URETHRAL DISEASES;

EID: 0036704224     PISSN: 00940143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-0143(02)00058-7     Document Type: Review

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