Change in parameters before and after alpha-1-blocker therapy for men with lower urinary tract symptoms using color Doppler ultrasound urodynamics: Possible application for prediction of clinical outcome

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 252-257

  Watanabe, Yuichi ^a   Yokoyama, Teruhiko ^a   Ozawa, Hideo ^a   Nishiguchi, Jun ^a   Nose, Hiroyuki ^a   Kumon, Hiromi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenergic blocker; Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Doppler ultrasonography; Urodynamics

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; URAPIDIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG RESPONSE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA DISEASE; URODYNAMICS;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PIPERAZINES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION; URINATION DISORDERS; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 8344255017     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000080837     Document Type: Article

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