Prospective evaluation of the American Urological Association symptom index and peak urinary flow rate for the followup of men with known urethral stricture disease

Journal of Urology

Volumn 168, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 2051-2054

  Heyns, C F ^a   Marais, D C ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Questionnaires; Signs and symptoms; Urethra; Urethral stricture; Urodynamics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URETHRA STRICTURE; URETHROGRAPHY; URETHROTOMY; URINE CATHETER; URINE FLOW RATE; URODYNAMICS; UROFLOWMETRY;

EID: 0036837469     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)64293-0     Document Type: Article

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