Prevalence and associated factors of enuresis in Turkish children

International Braz J Urol

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 216-222

  Ozden, Cuneyt ^a,b   Ozdal, Ozdem L ^a   Altinova, Serkan ^a   Oguzulgen, Ibrahim ^a   Urgancioglu, Guvenc ^a   Memis, Ali ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Enuresis; Family characteristics; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249811226     PISSN: 16775538     EISSN: 16776119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1677-55382007000200013     Document Type: Article

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