Improvements in benign prostatic hyperplasia-specific quality of life with dutasteride, the novel dual 5α-reductase inhibitor

BJU International

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 262-266

  O'Leary, M P ^a   Roehrborn, C ^b   Andriole, G ^c   Nickel, C ^d   Boyle, P ^e   Hofner K ^f   Barnett, Gillian ^g  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^f Department of Urology   (Germany)

^g GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Bother; BPH Impact Index; Dutasteride; Health status; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; DUTASTERIDE; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; ORGAN SIZE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA DISEASE; URINE FLOW RATE; URINE LEVEL;

AZASTEROIDS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TESTOSTERONE 5-ALPHA-REDUCTASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY RETENTION;

EID: 0043136364     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.2003.04310.x     Document Type: Article

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