The usefulness of intravesical prostatic protrusion and bladder wall thickness measurement using transabdominal ultrasound in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia

Korean Journal of Urology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1180-1185

  Kim, Byung Hoon ^a   Sohn, Ji Choal ^a   Park, Choal Hee ^a   Kim, Chun Il ^a  

^a Keimyung University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Bladder neck obstruction; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER OBSTRUCTION; BLADDER WALL; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PREDICTION; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; URINE FLOW RATE; URINE RETENTION; URINE VOLUME;

EID: 28644450794     PISSN: 04944747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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