In vitro simulation of thermotherapy for benign prostatic hyperplasia by fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy combined with differential scanning calorimetry

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 161-165

  Lin, Shan Yang ^a   Hsu, Hueih Shing ^b   Lin, Alex Tong Long ^b   Liang, Run Chu ^a  

^a Department of Medical Research and Education ^*  (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Differential scanning calorimetry; Epithelium; Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy; Secondary structure; Stroma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; STROMA;

EID: 0030813180     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: 14230399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000283053     Document Type: Article

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