 Prostatic Hyperplasia
"Prostatic Hyperplasia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Increase in constituent cells in the PROSTATE, leading to enlargement of the organ (hypertrophy) and adverse impact on the lower urinary tract function. This can be caused by increased rate of cell proliferation, reduced rate of cell death, or both.
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D011470
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C12.294.565.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Adenoma, Prostatic- Adenoma, Prostatic
- Adenomas, Prostatic
- Prostatic Adenomas
- Prostatic Adenoma
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Prostatic Hyperplasia" by people in Profiles.
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Castro P, Xia C, Gomez L, Lamb DJ, Ittmann M. Interleukin-8 expression is increased in senescent prostatic epithelial cells and promotes the development of benign prostatic hyperplasia. Prostate. 2004 Jul 01; 60(2):153-9.
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Canto EI, Singh H, Shariat SF, Lamb DJ, Mikolajczyk SD, Linton HJ, Rittenhouse HG, Kadmon D, Miles BJ, Slawin KM. Serum BPSA outperforms both total PSA and free PSA as a predictor of prostatic enlargement in men without prostate cancer. Urology. 2004 May; 63(5):905-10; discussion 910-1.
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Castro P, Giri D, Lamb D, Ittmann M. Cellular senescence in the pathogenesis of benign prostatic hyperplasia. Prostate. 2003 Apr 01; 55(1):30-8.
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