The sensitivity and specificity of a simple test to distinguish between urge and stress urinary incontinence

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 144, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 715-723

  Brown, Jeanette S ^a   Bradley, Catherine S ^b   Subak, Leslee L ^a   Richter, Holly E ^c   Kraus, Stephen R ^d   Brubaker, Linda ^e   Lin, Feng ^a   Vittinghoff, Eric ^a   Grady, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^e LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URGE INCONTINENCE; CLASSIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

EID: 33646851532     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-144-10-200605160-00005     Document Type: Article

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