A rational approach to benign prostatic hyperplasia evaluation: Recent advances

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-6

  Bhargava, Saurabh ^a   Canda, A Erdem ^a   Chapple, Christopher R ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BPH progression; Investigations; Prostatic hyperplasia

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ANAMNESIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATE SURGERY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND; AGED; BLOOD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URODYNAMICS;

AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 2342637694     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042307-200401000-00001     Document Type: Review

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