Inflammatory atrophy of the prostate: Prevalence and significance

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 840-844

  Billis, Athanase ^a   Magna, Luis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARCINOMA; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSTATE ATROPHY; PROSTATE DISEASE; PROSTATE EPITHELIUM; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATIC INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; RACE;

ATROPHY; CARCINOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSTATIC INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PROSTATITIS;

EID: 0037678733     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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