Efficacy and safety of combined therapy with tamsulosin and tolterodine in female patients with a maximal flow rate less than 12 ml/s

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1287-1291

  Kim, Sun Ouck ^a   Hwang, Eu Chang ^a   Oh, Kyung Jin ^a   Kwon, Dongdeuk ^a   Park, Kwangsung ^a   Ryu, Soo Bang ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bladder outlet obstruction; Cholinergic antagonist; Lower urinary tract; Symptom; Blocker

Indexed keywords

TAMSULOSIN; TOLTERODINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DRY EYE; EVENING DOSAGE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; INTERNATIONAL PROSTATE SYMPTOM SCORE; LETHARGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOTHERAPY; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; POSTVOID RESIDUAL URINE VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT DURATION; URINE FLOW RATE; URINE RETENTION; UROFLOWMETRY; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 84855240537     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: 14333023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-011-1453-9     Document Type: Article

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