Urology
Volume 61, Issue 1 , Pages 37-49 , January 2003

The standardisation of terminology in lower urinary tract function: report from the standardisation sub-committee of the International Continence Society

  • Paul Abrams

      Affiliations

    • Bristol Urological Institute, Bristol, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Linda Cardozo

      Affiliations

    • Kings College Hospital, London, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Magnus Fall

      Affiliations

    • Sahlgrensja University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden
    • ,
  • Derek Griffiths

      Affiliations

    • University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    • ,
  • Peter Rosier

      Affiliations

    • Dutch Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Ulf Ulmsten

      Affiliations

    • Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
    • ,
  • Philip Van Kerrebroeck

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Arne Victor

      Affiliations

    • Medical Products Agency, Uppsala, Sweden
    • ,
  • Alan Wein

      Affiliations

    • University of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: International Continence Society Office, Southmead Hospital, Bristol BSIO 5NB United Kingdom.

Received 20 June 2002

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☆ This article originally appeared in Neurourology and Urodynamics (Abrams P, Cardozo L, Fall M, et al: The Standardisation of Terminology of Lower Urinary Tract Function: Report from the Standardisation Sub-committee of the International Continence Society. Neurourol Urodyn 21: 167-178, 2002), copyright © 2002, Wiley-Liss, Inc. This material is used by permission of Wiley-Liss, Inc., a subsidiary of John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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Urology
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