Residual urine in an elderly female population: Novel implications for oral estrogen replacement and impact on recurrent urinary tract infection

Journal of Urology

Volumn 171, Issue 2 I, 2004, Pages 768-770

  Stern, Jeffrey A ^a   Hsieh, Yi Ching ^a   Schaeffer, Anthony J ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tarry Bldg   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Bladder; Estrogen replacement therapy; Urinary tract infections; Urination

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLADDER EMPTYING; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICTURITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; RESIDUAL URINE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0346499053     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000107261.64927.b3     Document Type: Article

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