Pre-surgical finasteride therapy in patients treated endoscopically for benign prostatic hyperplasia

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 51-53

  Crea, G ^a   Sanfilippo, G ^a   Anastasi, G ^a   Magno, C ^a   Vizzini, C ^a   Inferrera, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Finasteride; Prostatic bleeding

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; FINASTERIDE; HEMOGLOBIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; MALE;

AGED; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; ENDOSCOPY; FINASTERIDE; HUMANS; MALE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA;

EID: 18344388143     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000082709     Document Type: Article

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