Terminology of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms. Helpful or Confusing ?

An established standardized terminology is necessary for communication of scientific information, and for prevention of mistreatment and misdiagnosis. Terminology concerning the lower urinary tract has been much discussed; in particular, the meaning of terms like lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS),...

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Autores principales: Vishwajit, Sonia, Andersson, Karl-Erik
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Publicado: TheScientificWorldJOURNAL 2009
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5823111/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19151894
http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2009.9
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description An established standardized terminology is necessary for communication of scientific information, and for prevention of mistreatment and misdiagnosis. Terminology concerning the lower urinary tract has been much discussed; in particular, the meaning of terms like lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), urgency, frequency and nocturia, overactive bladder (OAB), and detrusor overactivity (DO). It is natural and desirable that all suggested definitions are subject to criticism, and it is important that discussions for improvement of the existing terminology continue.
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spelling pubmed-58231112018-03-14 Terminology of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms. Helpful or Confusing ? Vishwajit, Sonia Andersson, Karl-Erik ScientificWorldJournal Review Article An established standardized terminology is necessary for communication of scientific information, and for prevention of mistreatment and misdiagnosis. Terminology concerning the lower urinary tract has been much discussed; in particular, the meaning of terms like lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), urgency, frequency and nocturia, overactive bladder (OAB), and detrusor overactivity (DO). It is natural and desirable that all suggested definitions are subject to criticism, and it is important that discussions for improvement of the existing terminology continue. TheScientificWorldJOURNAL 2009-01-18 /pmc/articles/PMC5823111/ /pubmed/19151894 http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2009.9 Text en Copyright © 2009 Sonia Vishwajit and Karl-Erik Anderson. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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