American Urological Association Symptom Index for lower urinary tract symptoms in women: Correlation with degree of bother and impact on quality of life

Urology

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1118-1122

  Scarpero, Harriette M ^a   Fiske, Joshua ^a   Xue, Xiaonan ^a   Nitti, Victor W ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTINENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URETHRA DISEASE; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

EID: 0037602216     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(03)00037-2     Document Type: Article

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