Nocturia, nocturia indices and variables from frequency-volume charts are significantly different in Asian and Caucasian men with lower urinary tract symptoms: A prospective comparison study

BJU International

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 332-336

  Mariappan, Paramananthan ^a   Turner, Kevin J ^a   Sothilingam, Selvalingam ^b   Rajan, Prabhakar ^a   Sundram, Murali ^b   Stewart, Laurence H ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Frequency volume chart; LUTS; Nocturia; Nocturnal bladder capacity; Nocturnal polyuria

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLADDER CAPACITY; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL PROSTATE SYMPTOM SCORE; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICTURITION; NOCTURIA; POLYURIA; POPULATION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; URINE VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NOCTURIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATISM; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 34447129021     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2007.06979.x     Document Type: Article

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