Computer-assisted comparative analysis of four-sector and six-sector biopsies of the prostate

Urology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 747-750

  Karakiewicz, P I ^a   Aprikian, A G ^a   Meshref, A W ^a   Bazinet, Michel ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

AGE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0030297873     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(96)00230-0     Document Type: Article

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