Power Doppler Ultrasonography (PDU) as an additional tool to increase reliability of systematic biopsy of the prostate: A brief evaluation

Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 110-112

  Passavanti, Giandomenico ^a,b   Pizzuti, Valerio ^a  

^a MISERICORDIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Power Doppler Ultrasonography; Prostatic biopsy; Prostatic cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; RELIABILITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 8144222610     PISSN: 11243562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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