Urology
Volume 74, Issue 2 , Pages 263-266 , August 2009

Does Optimizing Bladder Management Equal Optimizing Quality of Life? Correlation Between Health-related Quality of Life and Urodynamic Parameters in Patients With Spinal Cord Lesions

  • Jürgen Pannek

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Jürgen Pannek, M.D., Ph.D., Chefarzt Neuro-Urologie, Schweizer Paraplegiker Zentrum, Guido A. Zaech Strasse 1, Nottwil CH-6207 Switzerland
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  • Bärbel Kullik

Received 8 January 2009 ,Accepted 11 February 2009.

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PII: S0090-4295(09)00315-X

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.02.047

Urology
Volume 74, Issue 2 , Pages 263-266 , August 2009

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