Transrectal high-intensity focused ultrasound using the Ablatherm device in the treatment of localized prostate carcinoma

Urology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 273-277

  Beerlage, H P ^a   Thuroff S ^b   Debruyne, F M J ^a   Chaussy, C ^b   De La Rosette, J J M C H ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Hospital Mu nchen Harlaching   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PROSTATECTOMY; TISSUE NECROSIS; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 0344898579     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(99)00104-1     Document Type: Article

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