Benign prostatic hyperplasia evaluation and management by urologists and primary care physicians: Practice patterns from the observational BPH registry

Journal of Urology

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 971-976

  Wei, John T ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Miner, Martin M ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Steers, William D ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Rosen, Raymond C ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Seftel, Allen D ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Pasta, David J ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Carman, Wendy J ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Roehrborn, Claus G ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^e RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f ICON CLINICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

physician's practice patterns; primary health care; prostate; prostatic hyperplasia; urology

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CREATININE; DOXAZOSIN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; TERAZOSIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CYSTOSCOPY; DISEASE REGISTRY; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTVOID RESIDUAL URINE VOLUME; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINALYSIS; UROFLOWMETRY; UROLOGY; WATCHFUL WAITING;

AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; PROSTATISM; REGISTRIES; UROLOGY;

EID: 80051536942     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2011.04.081     Document Type: Article

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