Finasteride for treatment of refractory hemospermia: Prospective placebo-controlled study

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 371-375

  Badawy, Abdelbasset A ^a   Abdelhafez, Alaa A ^a   Abuzeid, Abdelmoneim M ^a  

^a Sohag University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Finastride; Hemospermia; Idiopathic; Prostate; Semen

Indexed keywords

FINASTERIDE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PROSTATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FOLLOW UP; HEMOSPERMIA; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; NONBACTERIAL PROSTATITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATIC CALCULI; PROSTATITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFRACTORY IDIOPATHIC HEMOSPERMIA; REMISSION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; STONE FORMATION; TREATMENT DURATION; UROGENITAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; UROGENITAL TUBERCULOSIS;

5-ALPHA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FINASTERIDE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOSPERMIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863110295     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: 15732584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-011-0057-0     Document Type: Article

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