Fixed-dose combination therapy with dutasteride and tamsulosin in the management of benign prostatic hyperplasia
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Review of dutasteride/tamsulosin fixed-dose combination for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia: efficacy, safety, and patient acceptability
Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) caused by benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) will usually affect older men, of whom 50% over the age 60 years and almost 90% in their nineties will be bothered enough by their symptoms that they request some type of treatment. However, symptomatic bother may also affect men in their forties with a prevalence rate of almost 18%. The International Prostate Symp...
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عنوان ژورنال: Therapeutic Advances in Urology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1756-2872,1756-2880
DOI: 10.1177/1756287215607419