The role of power Doppler ultrasonography in the diagnosis of prostate cancer: A preliminary study

British Journal of Urology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 386-388

  Sakarya, M E ^a   Arslan, H ^b   Unal, O ^b   Atilla, M K ^b   Aydin, S ^a  

^a Department of Radiology ^*  (Turkey)

^b YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cancer; Diagnosis; Doppler ultrasonography; Prostate

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0031668912     PISSN: 00071331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.1998.00753.x     Document Type: Article

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