Pretreatment with finasteride decreases perioperative bleeding associated with transurethral resection of the prostate

Urology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 684-687

  Hagerty, Jennifer A ^a   Ginsberg, Phillip C ^a   Harmon, Justin D ^a   Harkaway, Richard C ^a,b  

^a PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINASTERIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATECTOMY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; FINASTERIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATECTOMY;

EID: 0034184990     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0090-4295(00)00454-4     Document Type: Article

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