Urology
Volume 67, Issue 5 , Pages 978-983 , May 2006

Significance of nocturnal hesitancy in treatment of men with lower urinary tract symptoms

  • Ja Hyeon Ku

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Seoul Veterans Hospital, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Jin Mo Um

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Jae Wook Shin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Ji Hyeon Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Jae-Seung Paick

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Jae-Seung Paick, M.D., Department of Urology, Seoul National University Hospital, 28 Yongon-dong, Chongno-gu, Seoul 110-744, Korea.

Received 13 September 2005 ,Accepted 22 November 2005.

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PII: S0090-4295(05)01703-6

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2005.11.050

Urology
Volume 67, Issue 5 , Pages 978-983 , May 2006

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