Transrectal ultrasound prostatic biopsy in the PSA era: Introduction

European Urology, Supplement

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1-2

  Rigatti, Patrizio ^a   Schulman, Claude ^b  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANXIETY DISORDER; CANCER STAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; RECURRENT CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMINAL VESICLE; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036765257     PISSN: 15699056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-9056(02)00050-7     Document Type: Article

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