Rational management of non-bacterial prostatitis and prostatodynia

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 53-58

  Nickel, J Curtis ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

BALLOON DILATATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATITIS; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0029881288     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042307-199601000-00012     Document Type: Short Survey

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