Objective Assessment of Urinary Incontinence in Women: Comparison of the One-Hour and 24-Hour Pad Tests

European Urology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 208-212

  Matharu, Gurminder S ^a   Assassa, R Philip ^b   Williams, Kate S ^c   Donaldson, Madeleine ^c   Matthews, Ruth ^c   Tincello, Douglas G ^c   Mayne, Christopher J ^a  

^a LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PINDERFIELDS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Investigation; Pad test; Symptom severity; Urinary incontinence; Urodynamics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETRUSOR DYSSYNERGIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHINCTER; URINE INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 0742324419     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2003.09.006     Document Type: Article

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