Current and future trends in interventional therapy for benign prostatic hyperplasia in Japan

Journal of Urology

Volumn 159, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1958-1960

  Egawa, Shin ^a   Uchida, Toyoaki ^a   Koshiba, Ken ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benign; Prostatic hypertrophy; Surgery; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LASER SURGERY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0032426691     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)63208-7     Document Type: Article

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