Is there a relationship among age, international index of erectile function, international prostate symptom score, and aging males' symptoms score?

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 215-222

  Atan, Ali ^a   Basar, M Murad ^b   Tuncel, Altug ^a   Mert, Cagatay ^b   Aslan, Yilmaz ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aging; Assessment; LUTS; Sexual dysfunction; SLOH

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PROSTATE DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENILE ERECTION; PROSTATE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34248221635     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-006-9153-y     Document Type: Article

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