Epidemiological aspects of recruitment of male volunteers for non-invasive urodynamics

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 159-165

  Avagyan, V ^a   Van Mastrigt, R ^a,b   Huang Foen Chung, J W N C ^a   Bohnen, A M ^b   Bosch, J L H R ^a   Mulder, P G H ^b  

^a Sector FuroreErasmus Medical Centre   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Krimpen study; Non invasive urodynamics; Non invasive urodynamics, volunteer recruitment; Recruitment, epidemiological aspects; Schiedam study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RESIDUAL URINE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOM; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; URODYNAMICS; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, UROLOGICAL; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; URINARY BLADDER; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 33746915688     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000093912     Document Type: Article

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