Hematospermia: An investigation of the bleeding site and underlying lesions

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 539-548

  Furuya, Seiji ^a,c   Ogura, Hiroshi ^a   Saitoh, Nobuhito ^a   Tsukamoto, Taiji ^b   Kumamoto, Yoshiaki ^b   Tanaka, Yoshinori ^b  

^a Furuya Hospital   (Japan)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Furuya Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hematospermia; Seminal vesicle puncture; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYST; CYSTOSCOPY; ECTOPIC TISSUE; HEMOSPERMIA; HUMAN; MALE; MUELLERIAN DUCT; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; SEMINAL VESICLE; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; URETHRA;

EID: 0032700308     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2042.1999.611110.x     Document Type: Article

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