Prostatic fibrosis is associated with lower urinary tract symptoms

Journal of Urology

Volumn 188, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1375-1381

  Ma, Jinjin ^a   Gharaee Kermani, Mehrnaz ^b   Kunju, Lakshmi ^b   Hollingsworth, John M ^b   Adler, Jeremy ^a   Arruda, Ellen M ^a   MacOska, Jill A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

collagen; fibrosis; lower urinary tract symptoms; prostate; prostatic hyperplasia

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ELASTIN;

AGED; AMERICAN UROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SYMPTOM INDEX; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EX VIVO STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE DISEASE; PROSTATE FIBROSIS; PROSTATECTOMY; PROTEIN CONTENT; RIGIDITY; TISSUE SECTION; URETHRA FUNCTION; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 84866069862     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2012.06.007     Document Type: Article

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