Clinical Imaging
Volume 34, Issue 1 , Pages 43-46 , January 2010

Are transition zone biopsies necessary in transrectal ultrasound-guided transperineal prostate biopsy protocol? Results of a Chinese population-based study

  • Zhu Yunkai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ultrasound in Medicine, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, 1665 Kongjiang Road, Shanghai, 200092, PR China
    • ,
  • Chen Yaqing

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ultrasound in Medicine, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, 1665 Kongjiang Road, Shanghai, 200092, PR China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Ultrasound in Medicine, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, 1665 Kongjiang Road, Shanghai 200092, PR China. Tel.: +86 21 65790000 5350.
    • ,
  • Wang Ren

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ultrasound in Medicine, Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University, 600 Yishan Road, Shanghai, 200233, PR China
    • ,
  • Zhou Yongchang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ultrasound in Medicine, Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University, 600 Yishan Road, Shanghai, 200233, PR China

Received 15 January 2009 ,Accepted 19 February 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2009.02.003

Clinical Imaging
Volume 34, Issue 1 , Pages 43-46 , January 2010

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