Epidemiology of chronic prostatitis

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-37

  McNaughton Collins, Mary ^a   Barry, Michael J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; URIC ACID;

AUTOIMMUNITY; CHRONIC PROSTATITIS; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; RACE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0031985604     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042307-199801000-00007     Document Type: Short Survey

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