The weight of the prostate gland is an excellent surrogate for gland volume

Histopathology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-58

  Varma, Murali ^a   Morgan, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

prostate; volume; weight

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; ORGAN SIZE; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE SIZE; PROSTATE WEIGHT; PROSTATECTOMY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TECHNIQUE; ECHOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SEMINAL VESICLE;

HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SEMINAL VESICLES;

EID: 77954546284     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2010.03591.x     Document Type: Article

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