Measuring resistance index in patients with BPH and lower urinary tract symptoms

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 176-180

  Ozdemir, Huseyin ^a   Onur, Rahmi ^a   Bozgeyik, Zulkif ^a   Orhan, Irfan ^a   Ogras, M Sezai ^a   Ogur, Erkin ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Color Doppler ultrasonography; Diagnosis; LUTS; Peripheral zone; Power Doppler ultrasonography; Resistance index; Transition zone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL PROSTATE SYMPTOM SCORE; MALE; PROSTATE; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATE VOLUME; RESISTANCE INDEX; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE FLOW RATE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION; URINATION DISORDERS; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 18144398532     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20115     Document Type: Article

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