Design of a multicenter randomized clinical trial for chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome1

Urology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 870-876

  Propert, Kathleen J ^a   Alexander, Richard B ^b   Nickel, J Curtis ^c   Kusek, John W ^d   Litwin, Mark S ^e   Landis, J Richard ^a   Nyberg, Leroy M ^d   Schaeffer, Anthony J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; PLACEBO; TAMSULOSIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHRONIC PROSTATITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDIES; PELVIC PAIN; PROSTATITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SULFONAMIDES;

EID: 0036098076     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(02)01601-1     Document Type: Article

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