Primary bladder neck obstruction in men, women, and children

Current Urology Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 379-384

  Padmanabhan, Priya ^b   Nitti, Victor W ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; TERAZOSIN;

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; BLADDER OBSTRUCTION; BLADDER SURGERY; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; URODYNAMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CYSTOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION; URINATION DISORDERS; URODYNAMICS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 34848883415     PISSN: 15272737     EISSN: 15346285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11934-007-0035-3     Document Type: Review

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