A review of the development and validation of the National Institutes of Health Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index

Urology

Volumn 60, Issue 6 SUPPL. A, 2002, Pages 14-18

  Litwin, Mark S ^a,b   Schaeffer, Anthony J ^c   Nickel, J Curtis ^c   Shoskes, Daniel A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; GERMANY; HUMAN; KOREA; LANGUAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATITIS; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SPAIN; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0036989898     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(02)02296-3     Document Type: Article

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