Integrality of benign prostatic hyperplasia tissues after transurethral thermotherapy evidenced by transmittance fourier transform infrared spectroscopy combined with thermal analyzer

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 256-260

  Lin, Shan Yang ^a   Hsu, Hueih Shing ^a   Liang, Run Chu ^a   Li, Mei June ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

BPH; Epithelium; Isothermal; Microscopic FTIR DSC system; Secondary structure; Stroma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE DISEASE; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031812726     PISSN: 00365599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655998750015403     Document Type: Article

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