The Immediate and 6-mo Reproducibility of Pressure-Flow Studies in Men with Benign Prostatic Enlargement

European Urology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1186-1194

  Hashim, Hashim ^a   Elhilali, Mostafa ^b   Bjerklund Johansen, Truls Erik ^c   Abrams, Paul ^a  

^a BRISTOL UROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Urology Section   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bladder contractility; Bladder outlet obstruction; Urodynamics; Uroflowmetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOMETRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MICTURITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; URODYNAMICS; UROFLOWMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIURESIS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLACEBOS; PRESSURE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; URINATION DISORDERS; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 34548234547     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2007.01.075     Document Type: Article

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