Transurethral microwave hyperthermia in the treatment of chronic nonbacterial prostatitis

Journal of the American Osteopathic Association

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-31

  Mené, Matthew P ^a   Ginsberg, Phillip C ^a   Finkelstein, Leonard H ^a   Manfrey, Samuel J ^a   Belkoff, Laurence ^a   Ogbolu, Francis ^a   Osborne, Dawn ^a  

^a PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

microwave hyperthermia; Prostatitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PROSTATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; MALE; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0031019759     PISSN: 00986151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7556/jaoa.1997.97.1.25     Document Type: Article

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