Effects of androgen deprivation on chronic bacterial prostatitis in a rat model

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 485-491

  Seo, Seong Il ^a   Lee, Seung Ju ^a   Kim, Joon Chul ^a   Choi, Yeong Jin ^a   Kim, Sae Woong ^a   Hwang, Tae Kon ^a   Cho, Yong Hyun ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Castration; Chronic bacterial prostatitis; Estrogen; Finasteride; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTRADIOL; FINASTERIDE; LEVOFLOXACIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASTRATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HISTOLOGY; HORMONAL REGULATION; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATITIS; RAT; RAT STRAIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA; URINALYSIS;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, URINARY; CASTRATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FINASTERIDE; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; OFLOXACIN; PROSTATITIS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0141956354     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2042.2003.00666.x     Document Type: Article

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