Prospective comparison of a new visual prostate symptom score versus the international prostate symptom score in men with lower urinary tract symptoms

Urology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-20

  Van Der Walt, Chris L E ^a   Heyns, Chris F ^a,d   Groeneveld, Adam E ^b   Edlin, Rachel S ^c   Van Vuuren, Stephan P J ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Mbabane Government Hospital   (Swaziland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Faculty of Health Sciences   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNATIONAL PROSTATE SYMPTOM SCORE; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOCTURIA; POSTVOID RESIDUAL URINE VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINE FLOW RATE; VISUAL PROSTATE SYMPTOM SCORE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, UROLOGICAL; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATISM; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 79959756465     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2011.01.065     Document Type: Article

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