Morphological changes in prostatic adenomas after transurethral microwave thermotherapy

British Journal of Urology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 123-127

  Brehmer, M ^a,b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Histopathological changes; Necrosis; Transurethral thermotherapy

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE ADENOMA; TEMPERATURE; URETHRA;

EID: 0031403272     PISSN: 00071331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410x.1997.00262.x     Document Type: Article

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