Finasteride in the Treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

July 2012 in “ Der Urologe ”

Tomasz Ząbkowski

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Studysummary This clinical trial in Poland found that using finasteride, alone or with an alpha-blocker, reduced prostate adenoma size by 40% and improved micturition in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia.

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