The reliability of the frequency-volume chart in assessing lower urinary tract symptoms

BJU International

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 111-115

  Yap, Tet L ^a,b   Cromwell, David A ^a   Brown, Christian ^a,b   Emberton, Mark ^a,b   Van Der Meulen, Jan ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Frequency volume charts; Lower urinary tract symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RELIABILITY; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINE VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; PROSTATISM; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; URINATION; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 34249951014     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2007.06864.x     Document Type: Article

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