Association of lower urinary tract symptoms and chronic ischaemia of the lower urinary tract in elderly women and men: Assessment using colour Doppler ultrasonography

BJU International

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 470-474

  Pinggera, Germar Michael ^a   Mitterberger, Michael ^a   Steiner, Eberhard ^a   Pallwein, Leo ^a   Frauscher, Ferdinand ^a   Aigner, Friedrich ^a   Bartsch, Georg ^a   Strasser, Hannes ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Blood perfusion; Elderly; Ischaemia; LUTS; Resistive index; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; PROSTATE; PROSTATISM; QUALITY OF LIFE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY TRACT; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 47749111030     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2008.07587.x     Document Type: Article

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