Risk Factors for Male Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms: The Role of Metabolic Syndrome and Androgenetic Alopecia in a Latin American Population

    May 2013 in “ Urology ”
    João Alexandre Ribeiro Gonçalves Barbosa, Eduardo Muracca, Elcio Nakano … Alberto A. Antunes
    Studysummary The authors concluded that components of metabolic syndrome were strongly associated with severe lower urinary tract symptoms in Latin American men, while alopecia was not an independent predictor.
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