The effectiveness of tamsulosin in treating women with voiding difficulty

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 981-985

  Chang, Shang Jen ^a   Chiang, I Ni ^b   Yu, Hong Jeng ^b  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alpha blockers; Female; Voiding difficulty

Indexed keywords

TAMSULOSIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE EDEMA; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BLADDER FUNCTION; BLADDER OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETRUSOR UNDERACTIVITY; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL PROSTATE SYMPTOM SCORE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICTURITION DISORDER; MONOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RESIDUAL URINE; RHINITIS; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UROFLOWMETRY;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SULFONAMIDES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINATION DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54849441657     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2008.02134.x     Document Type: Article

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