Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms
"Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Symptoms of disorders of the lower urinary tract including frequency, NOCTURIA; urgency, incomplete voiding, and URINARY INCONTINENCE. They are often associated with OVERACTIVE BLADDER; URINARY INCOMPETENCE; and INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS. Lower urinary tract symptoms in males were traditionally called PROSTATISM.
| Descriptor ID |
D059411
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.888.942.343
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| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2018 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2019 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2021 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2022 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms" by people in Profiles.
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Associations Between U.S. Women's Toileting Behaviors and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of RISE for HEALTH Study Data. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2025 May; 34(5):653-664.
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Robotic surgery for paediatric neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction: a systematic review. BJU Int. 2025 Apr; 135(4):557-566.
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Phenotyping Men With Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms: Results From the Symptoms of Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction Research Network. Neurourol Urodyn. 2025 Jan; 44(1):178-193.
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Reliability of Uroflowmetry Pattern Interpretation in Adult Women. Neurourol Urodyn. 2024 Nov; 43(8):2084-2092.
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Associations of financial strain and unmet social needs with women's bladder health. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2025 Feb; 232(2):200.e1-200.e20.
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Symptoms of Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction Research Network (LURN): An introduction to the Urinary Urgency Phenotyping Protocol LURN II. Neurourol Urodyn. 2024 Nov; 43(8):1800-1808.
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Enhanced clinical decisions for management of benign prostatic hyperplasia using patient-reported outcomes: protocol for a prospective observational study. BMC Urol. 2024 May 21; 24(1):110.
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Structural Changes in Brain White Matter Tracts Associated With Overactive Bladder Revealed by Diffusion Tensor Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Findings From a Symptoms of Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction Research Network Cross-Sectional Case-Control Study. J Urol. 2024 Aug; 212(2):351-361.
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Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in US Women: Contemporary Prevalence Estimates from the RISE FOR HEALTH Study. J Urol. 2024 Jul; 212(1):124-135.
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Association Between Maternal Depression and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Their Primary School-Age Daughters: A Birth Cohort Study. J Wound Ostomy Continence Nurs. 2024 Jan-Feb 01; 51(1):53-60.