Urgency is the Core Symptom of Female Overactive Bladder Syndrome, as Demonstrated by a Statistical Analysis

Journal of Urology

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 636-640

  Hung, Man Jung ^a,b   Ho, Esther Shih Chu ^a,b   Shen, Pao Sheng ^c   Sun, Mou Jong ^d   Lin, Alex Tong Long ^e   Chen, Gin Den ^b  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

bladder; female; urinary incontinence; urinary tract

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MICTURITION DISORDER; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NOCTURIA; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TAIWAN; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY URGENCY; UROLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SYNDROME; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 33745253390     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2006.03.062     Document Type: Article

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