Research guidelines for chronic prostatitis: Consensus report from the first National Institutes of Health International Prostatitis Collaborative Network

Urology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 229-233

  Nickel, J Curtis ^a   Nyberg, Leroy M ^b   Hennenfent, Mike ^c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^c Prostatitis Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC PROSTATITIS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032794505     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(99)00205-8     Document Type: Review

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