Using the circumstances of symptom experience to assess the severity of urgency in the overactive bladder

Journal of Urology

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 972-976

  Ghei, M ^a   Malone Lee, J ^a  

^a WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER FUNCTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLD EXPOSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINARY FREQUENCY; WALKING;

EID: 23744497624     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000170235.22776.1a     Document Type: Article

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