Evaluation of the cytokines in genital secretions of patients with chronic prostatitis

Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 179-186

  Paulis, Gianni ^a   Conti, Enrico ^b   Voliani, Silvia ^c   Bertozzi, Maria Antonella ^c   Sarteschi, Mario Lelio ^c   Fabris, Fabrizio Menchini ^c  

^a REGINA APOSTOLORUM HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Ospedale San Lazzaro   (Italy)

^c Unita Operativa di Microbiologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic pelvic pain syndrome; Chronic prostatitis; Cytokines; Interleukins

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC PROSTATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCNEMAR TEST; PROSTATE SECRETION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODILY SECRETIONS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYTOKINES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTERLEUKIN-8; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC PAIN; PROSTATE; PROSTATITIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEMEN; SYNDROME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 1642430796     PISSN: 11243562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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