Prostatic atrophy: Evidence for a possible role of local ischemia in its pathogenesis

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 345-350

  Meirelles, Luciana R ^a   Billis, Athanase ^a   Cotta, Ana C S ^a   Nakamura, Rui T ^a   Caserta, Nelson M G ^a   Prando, Adilson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atrophy; Ischemia; Postatrophic hyperplasia; Protate; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CANCER GRADING; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; PROSTATE ATROPHY; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE DISEASE; PROSTATIC INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; SCLEROSIS; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ATROPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0041813256     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024405920019     Document Type: Article

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