Saw Palmetto for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

Bent, Stephen; J. Kane, Christopher; Shinohara, Katsuto; Neuhaus, John; S. Hudes, Esther; Goldberg, Harley; L. Avins, Andrew

doi:10.1056/nejmoa053085

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Saw Palmetto for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Feb 8, 2006

Authors:

Stephen Bent

Christopher J. Kane

Katsuto Shinohara

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Saw palmetto is used by over 2 million men in the United States for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia and is commonly recommended as an alternative to drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration. METHODS: In this double-blind trial, we randomly assigned 225 men over th...

Subject

Medicine

Confidence interval

Hyperplasia

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