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BMC Urology

Issue 1/2012

Content (37 Articles)

Open Access Research article

Expression of apoptosis-regulating genes in the rat prostate following botulinum toxin type a injection

Tiago Gorgal, Ana Charrua, João F Silva, António Avelino, Paulo Dinis, Francisco Cruz

Open Access Case report

Treatment of obstructive uropathy in one of three young brothers suffering from Gorlin-Cohen syndrome: a case report

Ioannis Vakalopoulos, Spyridon Kampantais, Panagiotis Dimopoulos, Christos Papastavros, Vasileios Katsikas

Open Access Research article

Docetaxel with or without estramustine for estramustine refractory castration-resistant prostate cancer: a single institution experience

Kazuhiko Nakano, Shigeyuki Ohta, Kenji Komatsu, Taro Kubo, Akinori Nukui, Kazumi Suzuki, Shinsuke Kurokawa, Minoru Kobayashi, Tatsuo Morita

Open Access Research article

Alterations of global histone H4K20 methylation during prostate carcinogenesis

Turang E Behbahani, Philip Kahl, Johannes von der Gathen, Lukas C Heukamp, Claudia Baumann, Ines Gütgemann, Bernhard Walter, Ferdinand Hofstädter, Patrick J Bastian, Alexander von Ruecker, Stefan C Müller, Sebastian Rogenhofer, Jörg Ellinger

Open Access Case report

Severe paraneoplastic hypereosinophilia in metastatic renal cell carcinoma

Tilman Todenhöfer, Stefan Wirths, Claus Hann von Weyhern, Stefan Heckl, Marius Horger, Joerg Hennenlotter, Arnulf Stenzl, Lothar Kanz, Christian Schwentner

Open Access Research article

Impact of seminal trace element and glutathione levels on semen quality of Tunisian infertile men

Fatma Atig, Monia Raffa, Ben-Ali Habib, Abdelhamid Kerkeni, Ali Saad, Mounir Ajina

Open Access Research article

Potential relevance of pre-operative quality of life questionnaires to identify candidates for surgical treatment of genital prolapse: a pilot study

Christian Chauvin, Elisabeth Chéreau, Marcos Ballester, Emile Daraï

Open Access Research article

Clinical characteristics and risk factors for septic shock in patients receiving emergency drainage for acute pyelonephritis with upper urinary tract calculi

Yoshiyuki Yamamoto, Kazutoshi Fujita, Shigeaki Nakazawa, Takuji Hayashi, Go Tanigawa, Ryoichi Imamura, Masahiro Hosomi, Daiki Wada, Satoshi Fujimi, Seiji Yamaguchi

Open Access Study protocol

Designing the selenium and bladder cancer trial (SELEBLAT), a phase lll randomized chemoprevention study with selenium on recurrence of bladder cancer in Belgium

Maria E Goossens, Frank Buntinx, Steven Joniau, Koen Ackaert, Filip Ameye, Ignace Billiet, Johan Braeckman, Alex Breugelmans, Jochen Darras, Kurt Dilen, Lieven Goeman, Eliane Kellen, Bertrand Tombal, Siska Van Bruwaene, Ben Van Cleyenbreuge, Frank Van der Aa, Kris Vekemans, Hendrik Van Poppel, Maurice P Zeegers

Open Access Research article

Prospective multi-center study of oncologic outcomes of robot-assisted partial nephrectomy for pT1 renal cell carcinoma

Rachel L Kyllo, Youssef S Tanagho, Jihad H Kaouk, Michael D Stifelman, Craig G Rogers, Shahab P Hillyer, Shyam S Sukumar, Kenneth G Nepple, Sam B Bhayani

Open Access Research article

IL-8 as a urinary biomarker for the detection of bladder cancer

Virginia Urquidi, Myron Chang, Yunfeng Dai, Jeongsoon Kim, Edward D Wolfson, Steve Goodison, Charles J Rosser

Open Access Research article

Stage I seminoma: treatment outcome at King Hussein Cancer Center in Jordan

Jamal Khader, Ahmed Salem, Yazan Abuodeh, Abdelateif Almousa, Naim Farah, Fadwa Abdelrahman

Open Access Research article

Increased expression of MMP-9 and IL-8 are correlated with poor prognosis of Bladder Cancer

Sabrina Thalita Reis, Katia Ramos M Leite, Luís Felipe Piovesan, José Pontes-Junior, Nayara Izabel Viana, Daniel Kanda Abe, Alexandre Crippa, Caio Martins Moura, Sanarelly Pires Adonias, Miguel Srougi, Marcos Francisco Dall’Oglio

Open Access Research article

miR-21 may acts as an oncomir by targeting RECK, a matrix metalloproteinase regulator, in prostate cancer

Sabrina Thalita Reis, José Pontes-Junior, Alberto Azoubel Antunes, Marcos Francisco Dall’Oglio, Nelson Dip, Carlo Camargo Passerotti, Guilherme Ayres Rossini, Denis Reis Morais, Adriano Joao Nesrallah, Camila Piantino, Miguel Srougi, Katia R Leite

Open Access Research article

Laparoscopic and open postchemotherapy retroperitoneal lymph node dissection in patients with advanced testicular cancer – a single center analysis

Jonas Busch, Ahmed Magheli, Barbara Erber, Frank Friedersdorff, Ivan Hoffmann, Carsten Kempkensteffen, Steffen Weikert, Kurt Miller, Mark Schrader, Stefan Hinz

Open Access Technical advance

A tissue biopsy-based epigenetic multiplex PCR assay for prostate cancer detection

Leander Van Neste, Joseph Bigley, Adam Toll, Gaëtan Otto, James Clark, Paul Delrée, Wim Van Criekinge, Jonathan I Epstein

Open Access Research article

A mouse model for interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome based on APF inhibition of bladder epithelial repair: a pilot study

Susan Keay, Samantha Leitzell, Ashley Ochrzcin, George Clements, Min Zhan, David Johnson

Open Access Research article

Content validity and test-retest reliability of patient perception of intensity of urgency scale (PPIUS) for overactive bladder

Sherilyn M Notte, Thomas S Marshall, Misun Lee, Zalmai Hakimi, Isaac Odeyemi, Wen-Hung Chen, Dennis A Revicki

Open Access Research article

Influencing factors on the NMP-22 urine assay: an experimental model

Makito Miyake, Steve Goodison, Evan Gomes Giacoia, Wasia Rizwani, Shanti Ross, Charles J Rosser

Open Access Research article

Urinary levels of Hepatocarcinoma-intestine-pancreas/Pancreatitis-associated protein as a diagnostic biomarker in patients with bladder cancer

Yujiro Nitta, Hiroyuki Konishi, Tetsuya Makino, Tomoaki Tanaka, Hidenori Kawashima, Juan L Iovanna, Tatsuya Nakatani, Hiroshi Kiyama

Open Access Research article

Minimal percentage of dose received by 90% of the urethra (%UD90) is the most significant predictor of PSA bounce in patients who underwent low-dose-rate brachytherapy (LDR-brachytherapy) for prostate cancer

Nobumichi Tanaka, Isao Asakawa, Kiyohide Fujimoto, Satoshi Anai, Akihide Hirayama, Masatoshi Hasegawa, Noboru Konishi, Yoshihiko Hirao

Open Access Research article

Valproic acid decreases urothelial cancer cell proliferation and induces thrombospondin-1 expression

Timothy K Byler, Dean Leocadio, Oleg Shapiro, Gennady Bratslavsky, Christopher J Stodgell, Ronald W Wood, Edward M Messing, Jay E Reeder

Open Access Research article

Genetic variation in SPAG16 regions encoding the WD40 repeats is not associated with reduced sperm motility and axonemal defects in a population of infertile males

David R Nagarkatti-Gude, Giulia Collodel, Lori D Hill, Elena Moretti, Michela Geminiani, Zhibing Zhang, Jerome F Strauss III

Open Access Research article

Investigation of vaginal microbiota in sexually active women using hormonal contraceptives in Pakistan

Yasmeen Faiz Kazi, Sobia Saleem, Nasreen Kazi

Open Access Research article

Appropriate use of indwelling urethra catheters in hospitalized patients: results of a multicentre prevalence study

Irálice AV Jansen, Titia EM Hopmans, Jan C Wille, Peterhans J van den Broek, Tjallie II van der Kooi, Birgit HB van Benthem

Open Access Research article

Oral zinc supplementation restore high molecular weight seminal zinc binding protein to normal value in Iraqi infertile men

Mahmoud Hussein Hadwan, Lamia A Almashhedy, Abdul Razzaq S Alsalman

Open Access Research article

Effectiveness of intravenous lidocaine versus intravenous morphine for patients with renal colic in the emergency department

Hassan Soleimanpour, Kamaleddin Hassanzadeh, Hassan Vaezi, Samad EJ Golzari, Robab Mehdizadeh Esfanjani, Maryam Soleimanpour

Open Access Case report

Urethral obstruction from dislodged bladder Diverticulum stones: a case report

Linus I Okeke, Augustine O Takure, Sikiru A Adebayo, Olukayode Y Oluyemi, Abimbola AA Oyelekan

Open Access Research article

Resistance profiles of urinary tract infections in general practice - an observational study

Guido Schmiemann, Ildikó Gágyor, Eva Hummers-Pradier, Jutta Bleidorn

Open Access Case report

Unusual stent after ureteral substitution. A first case

Girolamo Fiorini, Giorgio Pomara, Francesca Manassero, Andrea Mogorovich, Lorenzo Faggioni, Cesare Selli

Open Access Research article

Neoadjuvant hormonal therapy is a feasible option in laparoscopic radical prostatectomy

Taku Naiki, Noriyasu Kawai, Takehiko Okamura, Daisuke Nagata, Yoshiyuki Kojima, Hidetoshi Akita, Takahiro Yasui, Keiichi Tozawa, Kenjiro Kohri

Open Access Research article

Determination of the differential expression of mitochondrial long non-coding RNAs as a noninvasive diagnosis of bladder cancer

Alexis Rivas, Verónica Burzio, Eduardo Landerer, Vincenzo Borgna, Sebastian Gatica, Rodolfo Ávila, Constanza López, Claudio Villota, Rodrigo de la Fuente, Javiera Echenique, Luis O Burzio, Jaime Villegas

Open Access Research article

Identification of prostaglandin receptors in human ureters

Matthias Oll, Claudia Baumann, Turang E Behbahani, Alexander von Ruecker, Stefan C Müller, Jörg Ellinger