Open AccessClinical Importance of Histopathological Inflammation in Patients with Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Due to Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: A Prospective Study of 222 Patients
Author(s) -
Thibault Meert,
Evert Baten,
Koenraad van Renterghem
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
current urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.476
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1661-7657
pISSN - 1661-7649
DOI - 10.1159/000447170
Subject(s) - medicine , lower urinary tract symptoms , hyperplasia , urology , prostate , international prostate symptom score , prostate cancer , inflammation , urinary system , gastroenterology , prostate specific antigen , prospective cohort study , cancer
To investigate the relationship between the severity of histopathological prostatic inflammation with lower urinary tract symptoms and prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels.