Correlation of presumed circle area ratio with infravesical obstruction in men with lower urinary tract symptoms

Urology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 548-555

  Kojima, Munekado ^a   Ochiai, Atsushi ^a   Naya, Yoshio ^a   Ukimura, Osamu ^a   Watanabe, Makoto ^a   Watanabe, Hiroki ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER STONE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; TUMOR VOLUME; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; URODYNAMICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 0030839623     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(97)00310-5     Document Type: Article

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