Inter-observer and intra-observer agreement on interpretation of uroflowmetry curves of kindergarten children

Journal of Pediatric Urology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 422-427

  Chang, Shang Jen ^a,b   Yang, Stephen S D ^a,b  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Children; Observer variation; Uroflowmetry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; KINDERGARTEN; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; URODYNAMICS; UROFLOWMETRY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, UROLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; RHEOLOGY; URINATION DISORDERS; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 55649124111     PISSN: 14775131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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