Core lower urinary tract symptom score (CLSS) questionnaire: A reliable tool in the overall assessment of lower urinary tract symptoms

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 816-820

  Homma, Yukio ^a,e   Yoshida, Masaki ^b   Yamanishi, Tomonori ^c   Gotoh, Momokazu ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Assessment; Diagnosis; Lower urinary tract; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PROSTATITIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATITIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URETHRITIS;

ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATISM; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 51349110132     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2008.02121.x     Document Type: Article

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