Enuresis
"Enuresis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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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D004775
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C12.777.934.284 C13.351.968.934.252 F01.145.126.856 F03.388.400
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Warady BA, Alon U, Hellerstein S. Primary nocturnal enuresis: current concepts about an old problem. Pediatr Ann. 1991 May; 20(5):246-51, 254-5.