Lower urinary tract symptoms impair the quality of life in maintenance hemodialysis patients

Abstract Background With aging, and as the duration of their dependence on dialysis becomes longer, maintenance hemodialysis patients experience decreased urine volume and lose the need to urinate. It is not known whether lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) affect the quality of life (QOL) in mainte...

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Main Authors: Tadasuke Ando, Takahisa Kamegawa, Toshitaka Shin, Hiromitsu Mimata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-08-01
Series:Renal Replacement Therapy
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41100-019-0230-y