Does the Type of Prostatic Atrophy Influence the Association of Extent of Atrophy in Needle Biopsies and Serum Prostate-specific Antigen Levels?

Urology

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1111-1115

  Billis, Athanase ^a   Meirelles, Luciana ^a   Freitas, Leandro L L ^a   Magna, Luis A ^a   Ferreira, Ubirajara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATIC INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATROPHY; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70350568149     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.05.093     Document Type: Article

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