Women's lower urinary tract function and dysfunction: Definitions and epidemiology

Minerva Ginecologica

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 311-325

  Al Hayek, S ^a   Abrams, P ^a  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Incidence; Prevalence; Risk factors; Urinary incontinence; Urinary incontinence, stress; Urination disorders, etiology; Urination disorders, physiopathology; Women

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGE; CHILDBIRTH; CONSTIPATION; COUGHING; CYSTOMETRY; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FEMALE LOWER URINARY TRACT DYSFUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CONTINENCE SOCIETY; LOWER URINARY TRACT FUNCTION; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; LUNG DISEASE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MENOPAUSE; MENTAL DISEASE; MICTURITION DISORDER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NOCTURIA; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PAIN; PARITY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIS SURGERY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PUBLICATION; RACE; RADIOTHERAPY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URETHRA; URINARY TRACT FUNCTION; URINE INCONTINENCE; URINE RETENTION; URODYNAMICS; UROGENITAL PAIN SYNDROME; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TERMINOLOGY; URINARY BLADDER DISEASES; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 4744374369     PISSN: 00264784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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