Total prostate and transition zone volumes, and transition zone index are poorly correlated with objective measures of clinical benign prostatic hyperplasia

Journal of Urology

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 85-88

  Lepor, Herbert ^a   Nieder, Alan ^a   Feser, Jean ^a   O'Connell, Caroline ^a   Dixon, Christopher ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Prostatic diseases; Prostatic hypertrophy; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; UROFLOWMETRY;

EID: 0030980878     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005392-199707000-00023     Document Type: Article

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