Is stress urinary incontinence a familial condition?

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 912-916

  Ertunc, Devrim ^a,b   Toc, Ekrem C ^b   Pata, Ozlem ^b   Dilek, Umut ^b   Ozdemir, Gulay ^b   Dilek, Saffet ^c  

^a MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Zekai Tahir Burak Women Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Familial prevalence; Heredity; Stress urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; STRESS INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TURKEY; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

EID: 4944223688     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0001-6349.2004.00333.x     Document Type: Article

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