Primer: Questionnaires versus urodynamics in the evaluation of lower urinary tract dysfunction - One, both or none?

Nature Clinical Practice Urology

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 555-564

  Chapple, Christopher R ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS); Overactive bladder syndrome (OABS); Symptom scoring; Urinary incontinence; Urodynamics

Indexed keywords

DOXAZOSIN; FINASTERIDE;

BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MICTURITION; NOMENCLATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; STORAGE DISEASE; SYMPTOM; URETHRA PRESSURE; URETHROGRAPHY; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; URINE FLOW RATE; URINE INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, UROLOGICAL; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; URETHRAL DISEASES; URINARY BLADDER DISEASES; URINATION DISORDERS; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 30944463800     PISSN: 17434270     EISSN: 17434289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpuro0339     Document Type: Review

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