Uroflowmetry: Its current clinical utility for women

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 899-903

  Haylen, Bernard T ^a   Yang, Vivian ^b   Logan, Vanessa ^a  

^a ST VINCENT'S CLINIC   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Liverpool uroflow nomogram; Urine flow rate; Urodynamics; Uroflowmetry; Voided volume; Voiding difficulty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CYSTOMETRY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MICTURITION DISORDER; NOMOGRAM; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NORMAL VALUE; PELVIC DISEASE; POSTVOID RESIDUAL URINE VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT INDICATION; URINE FLOW RATE; URINE VOLUME; UROFLOWMETRY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 44649138542     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-008-0597-8     Document Type: Article

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