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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Male Urogenital Diseases"”.
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Comparison of Older Urologic Patients' Perceptions and Nurses' Assessments of Discharge Readiness
<p><strong>Purpose:</strong> The purpose of this study was to explore older urological patients’ perceptions and clinical nurses’ assessments of discharge readiness. In addition, this study examined the difference among older urological patients’ perceptions and clinical nurses’ assessments of …
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A New Tumor Suppressor Gene Candidate Regulated By The Non-Coding Rna Pca3 In Human Prostate Cancer
Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related death and the most common non-skin cancer in men in the USA. Considerable advancements in the practice of medicine have allowed a significant improvement in the diagnosis and treatment of this disease and, in recent years, both incidence …
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Changes In The Testes Following Spinal Cord Injury and The Attenuating Effects of Licofelone
… changes in a multitude of organ systems. Male infertility is one such complication that is particularly devastating because the patient population is predominantly young men. Our lab has previously shown that the blood testis barrier breaks down after spinal cord injury. This dissertation …
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Characterization of the Sigma Factor Proteins and the Dna Binding Protein Euo of Chlamydia
<p><em>Chlamydia spp. </em>are prokaryotic obligate intracellular pathogens with a unique, biphasic developmental cycle in which an infectious, extracellular form termed the elementary body (EB) interconverts with a metabolically active intracellular reticulate body (RB) within host cells. Subsets …
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Outcomes of Genetic Testing In A Genitourinary Genetics Clinic
<p>Several known hereditary cancer syndromes confer an increased risk for genitourinary (GU)related malignancies. Various guidelines indicate when to refer patients to genetic counseling for GU-related hereditary cancer syndromes but there is limited research on the clinical picture of these …
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Proteomic Profiling of Serum Derived Exosomes from Prostate Cancer Patients
<p>Touted among the major achievements in the diagnosis and management of Prostate cancer (PCa) in the past few decades has been, the dramatic decline of men with advanced/metastatic PCa at diagnosis coupled with a significant improvement ( >90%) in the five and ten year survival rates of the …