Characteristics of Patients Presenting with LUTS/BPH in Six European Countries

European Urology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 555-562

  Hutchison, Annie ^a   Farmer, Richard ^a   Chapple, Christopher ^b   Berges, Richard ^c   Pientka, Ludger ^d   Teillac, Pierre ^e   Borkowski, Andrzej ^f   Dobronski, Piotr ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c PAN Klinik am Neumarkt   (Germany)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^e SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; International Prostate Symptom Score; Lower urinary tract symptoms; TRIUMPH

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM;

AGED; COMORBIDITY; EUROPE; FRANCE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; POLAND; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SPAIN; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 33746896269     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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