Urethral retro-resistance pressure and urodynamic diagnoses in women with lower urinary tract symptoms

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 34-38

  Digesu, G Alessandro ^a,e   Athanasiou, Stavros ^b   Chaliha, Charlotte ^c   Michalas, Stylianos ^b   Salvatore, Stefano ^d   Selvaggi, Luigi ^a   Khullar, Vik ^c  

^a POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^b ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Ospedale Bassini   (Italy)

^e NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYSTOCELE; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIXED INCONTINENCE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; POLLAKISURIA; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; STUDENT T TEST; TEACHING HOSPITAL; URETHRA PRESSURE; URETHROCYSTOMETRY; URINARY DYSFUNCTION; URINARY URGENCY; URODYNAMICS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; MICTURITION DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; URETHRA; URETHRA DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URETHRA; URETHRAL DISEASES; URINATION DISORDERS; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 33644807640     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2005.00787.x     Document Type: Article

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