Chronic pelvic pain syndrome: A non-prostatocentric perspective

World Journal of Urology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 54-56

  Potts, Jeannette M ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Expressed prostatic fluid; Functional somatic syndromes; Myofascial pain; Pelvic pain; Prostatitis

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PROSTATITIS; REVIEW;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; PELVIC PAIN; PROSTATITIS;

EID: 0642369676     PISSN: 07244983     EISSN: 14338726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00345-003-0327-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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