Elevated levels of proinflammatory cytokines in the semen of patients with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome

Urology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 744-749

  Alexander, Richard B ^a,b   Ponniah, Sathibalan ^a   Hasday, Jeffrey ^a,b   Hebel, J Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PROSTATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; MALE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-1; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC PAIN; PROSTATITIS; SEMEN; SYNDROME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0031791982     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(98)00390-2     Document Type: Article

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