Diversity of urinary symptoms in patients tentatively diagnosed with benign prostatic hyperplasia referred to a urologic clinic in Norway

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 454-461

  Haltbakk, Johannes ^a   Hanestad, B R ^a   Hunskaar, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Assessment; Daily living impact; Lower urinary tract symptoms; Men; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CONTINENCE SOCIETY BPH; INTERNATIONAL PROSTATE SYMPTOM SCORE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SANDVIK INCONTINENCE SEVERITY INDEX; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOM PROBLEM INDEX; URETHRA; URINARY DYSFUNCTION; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URINARY INCONTINENCE; UROLOGY;

EID: 10844220850     PISSN: 00365599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365590410018657     Document Type: Article

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