Effects of pulsed electromagnetic fields on benign prostate hyperplasia

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 955-960

  Giannakopoulos, Xenophon K ^a   Giotis, Christos ^b   Karkabounas, Spyridon Ch ^c   Verginadis, Ioannis I ^c   Simos, Yannis V ^c   Peschos, Dimitrios ^c   Evangelou, Angelos M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b General Hospital of Arta   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

blocker; IPSS; Prostate hyperplasia; Pulsed EMFs

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATE; ALFUZOSIN; PHOSPHATE; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; QUINAZOLINE DERIVATIVE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL PROSTATE SYMPTOM SCORE; ION MAGNETIC INDUCTOR; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PROSTATE; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATE VOLUME; PROSTATECTOMY; RADIOFREQUENCY PULSED ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESIDUAL URINE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND; URINE FLOW RATE; URODYNAMICS; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HOSPITALIZATION; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PROSTATISM; PULSED RADIOFREQUENCY TREATMENT;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; AGED; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PROSTATE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; PROSTATISM; PULSED RADIOFREQUENCY TREATMENT; QUINAZOLINES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84859932385     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: 15732584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-011-9944-7     Document Type: Article

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