Persistence with first line anticholinergic medication in treatment-naïve overactive bladder patients

Scandinavian Journal of Urology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 79-83

  Krhut, Jan ^a   Gärtner, Marcel ^a   Petzel, Martin ^a   Sykora, Radek ^a   Nemec, David ^a   Tvrdik, Josef ^b   Skoupa, Jana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Anticholinergics; Overactive bladder; Persistence

Indexed keywords

FESOTERODINE; PROPIVERINE; SOLIFENACIN; TOLTERODINE; TROSPIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEALING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; URINALYSIS;

CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINARY BLADDER, OVERACTIVE;

EID: 84895456564     PISSN: 21681805     EISSN: 21681813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/21681805.2013.814707     Document Type: Article

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