Suprapubic versus transrectal ultrasonography in assessing the volume of the prostate and the transition zone in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 75-77

  Prassopoulos, P ^a   Charoulakis, N ^a   Anezinis, P ^a   Daskalopoulos, G ^a   Cranidis, A ^a   Gourtsoyiannis, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Prostate, prostatic size; Prostate, ultrasonography (US)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PUBIC BONE; RELIABILITY; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

AGED; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030028950     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002619900017     Document Type: Article

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