Granulomatous balanoposthitis after intravesical Bacillus-Calmette-Guerin instillation therapy

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1361-1363

  Yusuke, Hattori ^a   Yoshinori, Hara ^a   Kenichi, Matsuura ^a   Akio, Hasegawa ^a  

^a Odawara Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacillus Calmette Guerin; Balanoposthitis; Bladder cancer

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; ISONIAZID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BALANOPOSTHITIS; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; GRANULOMATOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVESICAL; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BALANITIS; BCG VACCINE; BIOPSY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; INSTILLATION, DRUG; ISONIAZID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33748987348     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2006.01553.x     Document Type: Article

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