The American Urological Association symptom index for benign prostatic hyperplasia as a function of age, volume and ultrasonic appearance of the prostate

Journal of Urology

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2160-2165

  Kojima, Munekado ^a   Naya, Yoshio ^a   Inoue, Wataru ^a   Ukimura, Osamu ^a   Watanabe, Makoto ^a   Saitoh, Masahito ^a   Watanabe, Hiroki ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

aging; prostate; prostatic hyperplasia; questionnaires; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE DISEASE; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0030990261     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)64702-5     Document Type: Article

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