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Advances in Urology
Volume 2014 (2014), Article ID 203854, 5 pages
Is Metabolic Syndrome Truly a Risk Factor for Male Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms or Just an Epiphenomenon?
1Faculty of Medicine, Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas (PUC-Campinas), 13060-904 Campinas, SP, Brazil
2Paulínia Municipal Hospital, 13140-295 Paulínia, SP, Brazil
3Faculty of Medicine and Urology Division, University of Campinas (Unicamp), 13083-887 Campinas, SP, Brazil
Received 19 July 2013; Revised 6 December 2013; Accepted 7 December 2013; Published 23 January 2014
Academic Editor: M. Hammad Ather
Copyright © 2014 Marina Zamuner et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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