Prostate biopsies should be performed according to a standard of care

European Urology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 528-529

  Bartoletti, Riccardo ^a   Cai, Tommaso ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Santa Chiara Regional Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK FACTOR; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

BIOPSY; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84872964399     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: 18737560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2012.06.050     Document Type: Editorial

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