Age-related differences in internal prostatic architecture on transrectal ultrasonography: Results of a community based survey in Japan

Journal of Urology

Volumn 157, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1718-1722

  Masumori, Naoya ^a   Tsukamoto, Taiji ^a   Kumamoto, Yoshiaki ^a   Miyake, Hirotsugu ^a   Rhodes, Thomas ^a   Girman, Cynthia J ^a   Guess, Harry A ^a   Jacobsen, Steven J ^a   Lieber, Michael M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

aging; prostate; prostatic hypertrophy; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE DISEASE; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030976024     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)64843-2     Document Type: Article

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