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Cowie CC, Casagrande SS, Menke A, et al., editors. Diabetes in America. 3rd edition. Bethesda (MD): National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (US); 2018 Aug.

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Flow chart showing how diabetes may potentially cause benign prostatic hyperplasia or lower urinary tract symptoms through several mechanisms.

FIGURE 28.1Hypothesized Mechanisms of Diabetes in the Pathogenesis of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia/Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Among Men

BPH, benign prostatic hyperplasia; IGF, insulin-like growth factor; LUTS, lower urinary tract symptoms.

SOURCE: Reference 4, copyright © 2009 Springer, reprinted with permission

From: CHAPTER 28, Urologic Diseases and Sexual Dysfunction in Diabetes

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