Histologic differences in benign prostate hyperplasia between Chinese and American men

Prostate

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 175-179

  Yu, E Y ^a   Siegal, J A ^b,c   Meyer, G E ^b,c   Ji, X R ^a   Ni, X Z ^a   Brawer, M K ^b,c  

^a Affiliated Hospital   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

American; BPH; Chinese; morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATECTOMY; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030959370     PISSN: 02704137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0045(19970515)31:3<175::AID-PROS5>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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