A review of clinical and pathological prostatitis syndromes

Urology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 809-821

  Roberts, Rosebud O ^a   Lieber, Michael M ^a   Bostwick, David G ^a   Jacobsen, Steven J ^a  

^a Dept Urol Div Anat Pathol M ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; INFLAMMATION; KLEBSIELLA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATITIS; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; SALMONELLA; SERRATIA; SEXUAL FUNCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FORECASTING; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC DISEASES; PROSTATITIS; RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0030975128     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(97)00235-5     Document Type: Review

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