Is the ratio of transition zone to total prostate volume higher in African-American men than in their Caucasian or Hispanic counterparts?

British Journal of Urology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 804-807

  Kaplan, S A ^a,b   Reis, R B ^a   Staimen, V B ^a   Te, A E ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Urology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Race; Transition zone index; Transition zone volume

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RACE DIFFERENCE; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; URINE FLOW RATE;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA;

EID: 0031733193     PISSN: 00071331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.1998.00882.x     Document Type: Article

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