Clinical characterization of the prostatitis patient in Italy: A prospective urology outpatient study

World Journal of Urology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-66

  Rizzo, Michelangelo ^a   Marchetti, Federico ^b   Travaglini, Fabrizio ^a   Trinchieri, Alberto ^c   Nickel, J Curtis ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b GSK   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic pelvic pain syndrome; Epidemiology; Prostatitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLADDER IRRITATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; ITALY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MASSAGE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTPATIENT; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATE SECRETION; PROSTATITIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT INFECTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROLITHIASIS; UROLOGY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATITIS; UROLOGY;

EID: 15844416677     PISSN: 07244983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00345-004-0456-2     Document Type: Article

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