Importance of relieving the most bothersome symptom for improving quality of life in male patients with lower urinary tract symptoms

Urology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 684-688

  Lee, Seung Woo ^a   Doo, Seung Whan ^a   Yang, Won Jae ^a   Song, Yun Seob ^a  

^a Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL PROSTATE SYMPTOM SCORE; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOCTURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDUAL URINE; URETHRA DISEASE; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY URGENCY;

EID: 84865509958     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2012.03.049     Document Type: Article

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