Assessment criteria of lower urinary tract symptoms severity for general practitioners

Japanese Journal of Urology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 568-574

  Okamura, Kikuo ^a   Nagata, Hirohiko ^b   Nagahama, Katsushi ^c   Nojiri, Yoshikatsu ^a   Kanoh, Hideto ^c   Miyazaki, Masami ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION MURAYAMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Assessment criteria; General practitioner; Lower urinary tract symptoms

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MICTURITION DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDUAL URINE; SCORING SYSTEM; URINE INCONTINENCE; UROFLOWMETRY;

EID: 33646034297     PISSN: 00215287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5980/jpnjurol1989.97.568     Document Type: Article

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