Prostate atrophy and spinal cord lesions

Spinal Cord

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 24-27

  Frisbie, J H ^a,b   Kumar, S ^a,b   Aguilera, E J ^a   Yalla, S ^a,b  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Neuroendocrinopathy; Paraplegia; Prostate gland; Spinal cord injury; Tetraplegia

Indexed keywords

NEUROHORMONE; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; ORGAN SIZE; ORGAN WEIGHT; PARALYSIS; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE ATROPHY; PROSTATE DISEASE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VERTEBRA;

AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ATAXIA; ATROPHY; DATA COLLECTION; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PROSTATE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TESTOSTERONE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; ULTRASOUND, HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED, TRANSRECTAL;

EID: 30344453087     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101804     Document Type: Article

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