Transurethral microwave thermotherapy for management of benign prostatic hyperplasia: Durability of response

Urology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 664-671

  Baba, Shiro ^a   Nakamura, Kaoru ^a   Tachibana, Masaaki ^a   Murai, Masaru ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANTIANDROGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDUAL URINE; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE FLOW RATE; URINE RETENTION; URINE VOLUME; UROFLOWMETRY;

EID: 0029995796     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(96)00012-X     Document Type: Article

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