Japanese men have smaller prostate volumes but comparable urinary flow rates relative to American men: Results of community based studies in 2 countries

Journal of Urology

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1324-1327

  Masumori, Naoya ^b   Tsukamoto, Taiji ^b   Kumamoto, Yoshiaki ^b   Miyake, Hirotsugu ^b   Rhodes, Thomas ^b   Girman, Cynthia J ^b   Guess, Harry A ^b   Jacobsen, Steven J ^b   Lieber, Michael M ^b  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

prostate; prostatic hypertrophy; urination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; URINE FLOW RATE; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 0029998790     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)66256-6     Document Type: Article

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