Prostate blood flow characteristics in the chronic prostatitis/pelvic pain syndrome

Journal of Urology

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1130-1133

  Cho, In R ^a   Keener, Thomas S ^a   Nghiem, Hahn V ^a   Winter, Thomas ^a   Krieger, John N ^a  

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

Author keywords

Color; Doppler; Pelvic pain; Prostate; Prostatitis; Regional blood flow; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATITIS;

EID: 0034104681     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)67708-7     Document Type: Article

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