Incidence, prevalence and management of lower urinary tract symptoms in men in the UK

BJU International

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 557-562

  Logie, John ^a   Clifford, Gary M ^a   Farmer, Richard D T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Epidemiology; Lower urinary tract symptoms; Management

Indexed keywords

ALFUZOSIN; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOXAZOSIN; FINASTERIDE; INDORAMIN; PRAZOSIN; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; TERAZOSIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DRUG UTILIZATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATE SURGERY; REGISTER; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM; URETHRA DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FAMILY PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; TIME FACTORS; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 14644406933     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2005.05339.x     Document Type: Article

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