A non-cancerous nodular enlargement of the prostate gland. It is characterized by the presence of epithelial cell nodules, and stromal nodules containing fibrous and smooth muscle elements. It is the most common urologic disorder in men, causing blockage of urine flow.|A disease caused by hyperplastic process of non-transformed prostatic cells.|Increase in constituent cells in the PROSTATE, leading to enlargement of the organ (hypertrophy) and adverse impact on the lower urinary tract function. This can be caused by increased rate of cell proliferation, reduced rate of cell death, or both. (Experimental Factor Ontology, EFO_0000284)
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1 genes associated with the disease benign prostatic hyperplasia in GWAS and other genetic association datasets from the GAD Gene-Disease Associations dataset.
