title: World Health Organization Consensus Committee recommendations concerning the diagnosis of BPH.
abstract: The expert committees, which met in Paris in June 1991 under the patronage of WHO to establish a consensus concerning BPH, adopted the recommendations summarised in this report. Despite certain criticisms which can be made, these recommendations offer the advantage of simplicity and uniformity, thereby constituting a "universal language". This will facilitate comparison of patients and therapeutic results, both in everyday practice and in the course of clinical trials. These recommendations will be periodically re-evaluated in the light of clinical experience and technological progress.
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Cockett
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Aso
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Denis
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Khoury
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barry
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Carlton
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Coffey
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fitzpatrick
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Griffiths
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hald
mesh_terms: D002985:Clinical Protocols / Q000592:standards*; D003558:Cystoscopy; D003663:Decision Trees; D004576:Electromyography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008499:Medical Records / Q000592:standards; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D011788:Quality of Life; D012106:Research; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014563:Urodynamics; D014567:Urography; D014944:World Health Organization