Effect of transurethral electrovaporization of the prostate on serum prostate specific antigen concentration

BJU International

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 783-785

  Kupeli S ^a   Soygur T ^a,b   Yilmaz, E ^a   Aytac S ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Electrovaporization; Prostate specific antigen; Prostatic hyperplasia

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIATHERMY; ELECTRODE; HUMAN; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATISM; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TRANSURETHRAL ELECTROVAPORIZATION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA;

EID: 0032902632     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410x.1999.00002.x     Document Type: Article

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