Diseases

Enuresis

Involuntary discharge of URINE after expected age of completed development of urinary control. This can happen during the daytime (DIURNAL ENURESIS) while one is awake or during sleep (NOCTURNAL ENURESIS). Enuresis can be in children or in adults (as persistent primary enuresis and secondary adult-onset enuresis).

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Involuntary discharge of URINE after expected age of completed development of urinary control. This can happen during the daytime (DIURNAL ENURESIS) while one is awake or during sleep (NOCTURNAL ENURESIS). Enuresis can be in children or in adults (as persistent primary enuresis and secondary adult-onset enuresis).

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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  1. C12.050.351.968w.934.252w
  2. C12.200.777w.934.284w
  3. C12.950w.934.252w
  4. F01.145.126.856w
  5. F03w.388.400w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Enuresis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004775. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004775
  2. Enuresis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enuresis
  3. Enuresis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3448862