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Jigisha Patel, MRCP PhD

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Andrea Bucceri


Welcome to BMC Urology published by BioMed Central
BMC Urology is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of the prevention, diagnosis and management of urological disorders, as well as related molecular genetics, pathophysiology, and epidemiology. BMC Urology (ISSN 1471-2490) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE and Google Scholar.



BMC Featured articles

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BMC Urology 2008, 8:8
The application of small intestine submuscosa to secure and aid compression of the renal defect following nephron-sparing surgery prevents post-operative complications such as bleeding and fistula formation.
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BMC Urology 2008, 8:6
Sutureless prepuceplasty allows phimosis in children to be treated by stretching and retraction, allowing free movement of the foreskin without subsequent pain, bleeding or complications.
BMC Urology 2008, 8:5
Cecropin A and B exert selective cytotoxic and antiproliferative effects in bladder cancer cells while sparing benign fibroblasts, suggesting that further study of these polypeptides as a potential intravesical tumor therapy is warranted.


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Study protocol
ProCOC: The prostate cancer outcomes cohort study
Martin Umbehr, Thomas M Kessler, Tullio Sulser, Glen Kristiansen, Nicole Probst, Johann Steurer, Lucas M Bachmann
BMC Urology 2008, 8:9 (17June2008)
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Research article
Optimized haemostasis in nephron-sparing surgery using small-intestine submucosa
Jrg Simon, Robert de Petriconi, Michael Meilinger, Richard E Hautmann, Georg Bartsch Jr
BMC Urology 2008, 8:8 (29April2008)
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Research article
Androgenic dependence of exophytic tumor growth in a transgenic mouse model of bladder cancer: a role for thrombospondin-1
Aimee M Johnson, Mary J O'Connell, Hiroshi Miyamoto, Jiaoti Huang, Jorge L Yao, Edward M Messing, Jay E Reeder
BMC Urology 2008, 8:7 (23April2008)
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Technical advance
Sutureless prepuceplasty with wound healing by second intention: An alternative surgical approach in children's phimosis treatment
Efstratios Christianakis
BMC Urology 2008, 8:6 (4March2008)
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Research article
Antimicrobial peptides of the Cecropin-family show potent antitumor activity against bladder cancer cells
Henrik Suttmann, Margitta Retz, Friedrich Paulsen, Jrgen Harder, Ulrike Zwergel, Jrn Kamradt, Bernd Wullich, Gerhard Unteregger, Michael Stckle, Jan Lehmann
BMC Urology 2008, 8:5 (3March2008)
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Research article
Study of the response of the penile corporal tissue and cavernosus muscles to micturition
Ahmed Shafik, Ismail A Shafik, Olfat El Sibai, Ali A Shafik
BMC Urology 2008, 8:4 (2March2008)
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Research article
CT scanning for diagnosing blunt ureteral and ureteropelvic junction injuries
Sarah J Ortega, Fernado S Netto, Paul Hamilton, Peter Chu, Homer C Tien
BMC Urology 2008, 8:3 (7February2008)
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Research article
Duloxetine versus placebo for the treatment of women with stress predominant urinary incontinence in Taiwan: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial
Alex Tong-Long Lin, Mou-Jong Sun, Hui-Lung Tai, Yao Chi Chuang, Shih-Tsung Huang, Nick Wang, Yan Daniel Zhao, Julie Beyrer, Meghan Wulster-Radcliffe, Louise Levine, Curtis Chang, Lars Viktrup
BMC Urology 2008, 8:2 (25January2008)
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Research article
Factorial validity and internal consistency of the PRAFAB questionnaire in women with stress urinary incontinence
Erik JM Hendriks, Arnold TM Bernards, J Bart Staal, Henrica CW de Vet, Rob A de Bie
BMC Urology 2008, 8:1 (24January2008)
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Database
The urologic epithelial stem cell database (UESC) a web tool for cell type-specific gene expression and immunohistochemistry images of the prostate and bladder
Laura E Pascal, Eric W Deutsch, David S Campbell, Martin Korb, Lawrence D True, Alvin Y Liu
BMC Urology 2007, 7:19 (11December2007)
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Case report
Pelvo-ureteric junction obstruction in the lower pole moiety of a duplex kidney with an associated intraparenchymal abscess: a case report
James Lenton, Tze Wah
Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008, 2:241 (24July2008)
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Research article
Increased cell motility and invasion upon knockdown of lipolysis stimulated lipoprotein receptor (LSR) in SW780 bladder cancer cells
Malene Herbsleb, Karin Birkenkamp-Demtroder, Thomas Thykjaer, Carsten Wiuf, Anne-Mette K Hein, Torben F Orntoft, Lars Dyrskjot
BMC Medical Genomics 2008, 1:31 (22July2008)
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Analysis of variants in DNA damage signalling genes in bladder cancer
Ananya Choudhury, Faye Elliott, Mark M Iles, Michael Churchman, Robert G Bristow, D Timothy Bishop, Anne E Kiltie
BMC Medical Genetics 2008, 9:69 (18July2008)
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Case Report
Penile and scrotal strangulation caused by a steel ring: a case report
Ioannis Efthimiou, Savas Kazoulis, Ioannis Christoulakis
Cases Journal 2008, 1:45 (18July2008)
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Case Report
Long catheter sign - a reliable bedside sign of incorrect positioning of Foley catheter in male spinal cord injury patients: a case report
Subramanian Vaidyanathan, Peter L Hughes, Tun Oo, Bakul M Soni
Cases Journal 2008, 1:43 (17July2008)
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Case report
Successful transureteropyelostomy after heminephrectomy of a bilateral hydronephrotic horseshoe kidney: a case report
Holger Gerullis, Christoph Eimer, Dietmar Betz, Thomas Otto
Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008, 2:231 (16July2008)
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Case report
Thread embedded into penile tissue over time as an unusual hair thread tourniquet injury to the penis: a case report
Linus Ikechukwu Okeke
Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008, 2:230 (16July2008)
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Evolutionary conservation of zinc finger transcription factor binding sites in promoters of genes co-expressed with WT1 in prostate cancer
Kurtis Eisermann, Sunpreet Tandon, Anton Bazarov, Adina Brett, Gail Fraizer, Helen Piontkivska
BMC Genomics 2008, 9:337 (16July2008)
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Research
Analysis of health related quality of life (HRQoL) of patients with clinically localized prostate cancer, one year after treatment with external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) alone versus EBRT and high dose rate brachytherapy (HDRBT)
Kurian Jones Joseph, Riaz Alvi, David Skarsgard, Jon Tonita, Nadeem Pervez, Patricia Tai, Cormac Small
Radiation Oncology 2008, 3:20 (15July2008)
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Research
In vitro studies on the modification of low-dose hyper-radiosensitivity in prostate cancer cells by incubation with genistein and estradiol
Robert M Hermann, Hendrik A Wolff, Hubertus Jarry, Paul Thelen, Carsten Gruendker, Margret Rave-Fraenk, Heinz Schmidberger, Hans Christiansen
Radiation Oncology 2008, 3:19 (14July2008)
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