Transurethral biopsy of the prostate for persistently elevated or increasing prostate specific antigen following multiple negative transrectal biopsies

Journal of Urology

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 138-142

  Rovner, Eric S ^a   Schanne, Francis J ^a   Bruce Malkowicz, S ^a   Wein, Alan J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Prostate specific antigen; Prostatectomy; Prostatic neoplasms

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION;

EID: 0030908285     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005392-199707000-00042     Document Type: Article

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