Why is transurethral microwave thermotherapy (TUMT) positively effective?

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 293-300

  Sugiyama, T ^a   Park, Y C ^a   Hanai, T ^a   Ohnishi, N ^a   Kurita, T ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NONHUMAN; PROSTATE DISEASE; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RABBIT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA; URINE FLOW RATE;

EID: 0031716106     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02550312     Document Type: Article

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