The relationship between lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), diagnostic indicators of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), and erectile dysfunction in patients with moderate to severely symptomatic BPH

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 933-939

  Ozayar, Asim ^a   Zumrutbas, Ali Ersin ^a   Yaman, Onder ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Erectile dysfunction; Lower urinary tract symptoms; Prostate volume; Urine flow rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; POSTVOID RESIDUAL URINE VOLUME; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSTATE; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATECTOMY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; URINE FLOW RATE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 56249123632     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-008-9386-z     Document Type: Article

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