Female urethral syndrome a female prostatitis?

Western Journal of Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 435-438

  Gittes, Ruben F ^a,b   Nakamura, Robert M ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

BACTERIUM CULTURE; DYSPAREUNIA; DYSURIA; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; PROSTATITIS; REVIEW; URETHRA DISEASE; URINALYSIS;

CYSTITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATITIS; SEX FACTORS; SYNDROME; URETHRAL DISEASES;

EID: 0029933615     PISSN: 00930415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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