Overactive bladder: Epidemiology and social impact

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 507-511

  Tubaro, Andrea ^a   Palleschi, Giovanni ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Frequency; Nocturia; Overactive bladder; Overactive bladder syndrome; Prevalence; Urge; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; DIET; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LIFESTYLE; NOCTURIA; OBESITY; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOM; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 25444453782     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.gco.0000183529.26352.52     Document Type: Review

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