Results of vardenafil mediated power Doppler ultrasound, contrast enhanced ultrasound and systematic random biopsies to detect prostate cancer

Journal of Urology

Volumn 185, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2126-2131

  Morelli, Girolamo ^a   Pagni, Riccardo ^a   Mariani, Chiara ^a   Minervini, Riccardo ^a   Morelli, Andrea ^a   Gori, Francesco ^a   Ferdeghini, Ezio Maria ^b   Paterni, Marco ^b   Mauro, Eva ^c   Guidi, Elisa ^c   Armillotta, Nicola ^c   Canale, Domenico ^c   Vitti, Paolo ^d   Caramella, Davide ^d   Minervini, Andrea ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d CISANELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

biopsy; Doppler; prostate; prostatic neoplasms; ultrasonography; vardenafil

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; SONOVUE; VARDENAFIL;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FLUSHING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATITIS; SIDE EFFECT; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VASODILATATION;

AGED; BIOPSY; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; IMIDAZOLES; MALE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE 5 INHIBITORS; PIPERAZINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SULFONES; TRIAZINES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 79955802038     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2011.02.014     Document Type: Article

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