Urethral pressure reflectometry vs urethral pressure profilometry in women: A comparative study of reproducibility and accuracy

BJU International

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 351-356

  Klarskov, Niels ^a   Lose, Gunnar ^a  

^a GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Elastance; Hysteresis; Profilometry; Reflectometry; Reproducibility; Urethral pressure

Indexed keywords

POLYURETHAN;

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; HYSTERESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPINE POSITION; URETHRA PRESSURE; VOLUNTEER;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER, OVERACTIVE; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 34447120415     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2007.06922.x     Document Type: Article

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