Urology
Volume 76, Issue 6 , Pages 1364-1368

Concordance Between One-hour Pad Test and Subjective Assessment of Stress Incontinence

  • M. Liebergall-Wischnitzer

      Affiliations

    • Henrietta Szold Hadassah-Hebrew University School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Michael Liebergall-Wischnitzer, R.N., Ph.D., Henrietta Szold Hadassah-Hebrew University School of Nursing, P.O. Box 12000, Jerusalem 91120 Israel
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  • O. Paltiel

      Affiliations

    • Braun Hebrew University Hadassah School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel
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  • D. Hochner-Celnikier

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetric and Gynecology, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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  • Y. Lavy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetric and Gynecology, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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  • D. Shveiky

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetric and Gynecology, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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  • O. Manor

      Affiliations

    • Braun Hebrew University Hadassah School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel

Received 18 March 2010 ,Revised 27 May 2010

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PII: S0090-4295(10)00788-0

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2010.05.048

Urology
Volume 76, Issue 6 , Pages 1364-1368

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