Diagnosis and treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms in the elderly by general practitioners

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 119-125

  Okamura, Kikuo ^a   Hasegawa, Tomonori ^b   Nojiri, Yoshikatsu ^a   Kobayashi, Mineo ^c   Murase, Toshiyuki ^d   Yanagihara, Takashi ^e   Okamoto, Yoshihito ^f  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Kobayashi Clinic   (Japan)

^d Murase Clinic   (Japan)

^e Yanagihara Clinic   (Japan)

^f Tatsumigaoka Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

General practitioners; Lower urinary tract symptoms; Manual

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MICTURITION DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER, OVERACTIVE; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 55749092936     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2008.00457.x     Document Type: Article

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