White matter lesions or Alzheimer's disease: Which contributes more to overactive bladder and incontinence in elderly adults with dementia?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2370-2371

  Takahashi, Osamu ^a   Sakakibara, Ryuji ^a   Panicker, Jalesh ^b   Fowler, Clare J ^b   Tateno, Fuyuki ^a   Kishi, Masahiko ^a   Tsuyusaki, Yohei ^a   Yano, Hitoshi ^a   Sugiyama, Megumi ^a   Uchiyama, Tomoyuki ^c   Yamamoto, Tatsuya ^c  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINE INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS; WHITE MATTER LESION;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; URINARY BLADDER, OVERACTIVE; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 84871005546     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12004     Document Type: Letter

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