Management of prostatitis

Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 172-179

  Gurunadha Rao Tunuguntla, H S ^a   Evans, C P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Expressed prostatic secretions; Microwave thermotherapy; Midstream urine; Pelvic pain syndrome; Prostatic massage; Prostatitis; Transurethral needle ablation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BIOFLAVONOID; CEFALOTIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DIAZEPAM; FINASTERIDE; GABAPENTIN; GENTAMICIN; IBUPROFEN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NITROFURANTOIN; PARACETAMOL; PENICILLIN G; PENTOSAN POLYSULFATE; PLACEBO; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; QUERCETIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TAMSULOSIN; TETRACYCLINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHRONIC PROSTATITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PATHOGENESIS; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE DISEASE; REVIEW; TRANSURETHRAL NEEDLE ABLATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED STATES;

HEAT; HUMANS; MALE; MASSAGE; PROSTATITIS;

EID: 0036393325     PISSN: 13657852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.pcan.4500604     Document Type: Review

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