Relationship between age, prostate volume, prostatespecific antigen, symptom score and uroflowmetry in men with lower urinary tract symptoms: Does prostate size matter?

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 322-328

  Vesely, Stepan ^a   Knutson, Tomas ^a   Damber, Jan Erik ^a   Dicuio, Mauro ^a   Dahlstrand, Christer ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Lower urinary tract symptoms; Prostate volume; Uroflowmetry

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECHOGRAPHY; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; ORGAN GROWTH; ORGAN SIZE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; URETHRA; URINE FLOW RATE; UROFLOWMETRY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PROSTATE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 0141504937     PISSN: 00365599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365590310014760     Document Type: Article

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