Presentation of female urethral diverticulum is usually not typical

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-45

  Chang, Yu Lung ^b   Lin, Alex T L ^a   Chen, Kuang Kuo ^b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Double balloon urethrography; Female urethral diverticula; Female urethral diverticula, symptom diversity; Magnetic resonance imaging; Voiding cystourethrography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE DURATION; DYSPAREUNIA; DYSURIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; NOCTURIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URETHRA DIVERTICULUM; URETHRAL PAIN; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY URGENCY; URODYNAMICS; VAGINA PAIN;

ADULT; AGED; DIVERTICULUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; URETHRAL DISEASES; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URODYNAMICS; UROLOGY;

EID: 38349147076     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000111728     Document Type: Article

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