Solving the benign prostatic hyperplasia puzzle
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Solving the benign prostatic hyperplasia puzzle
Clinical BPH as a disease has been defined as benign prostatic enlargement (BPE) [1,2]; however in clinical practice we still see many patients with no enlargement, with prostate volume less than 20 g still causing symptoms and obstruction [3]. How can this be explained? To solve the puzzle, we first need to redefine clinical BPH. We need to go back to the basic fundamental pathology of BPH, wh...
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عنوان ژورنال: Asian Journal of Urology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2214-3882
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajur.2015.11.003