Patient Misunderstanding of the Individual Questions of the American Urological Association Symptom Score

Journal of Urology

Volumn 179, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2291-2295

  Johnson, Timothy V ^a   Abbasi, Ammara ^a   Ehrlich, Samantha S ^a   Kleris, Renee S ^a   Schoenberg, Evan D ^a   Owen Smith, Ashli ^a   Goodman, Michael ^a   Master, Viraj A ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

diagnosis; educational status; prostate; questionnaires; urination disorders

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 43049132469     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.01.140     Document Type: Article

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