A prospective study of symptoms and quality of life in men with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome: The National Institutes of Health chronic prostatitis cohort study

Journal of Urology

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 619-623

  Propert, Kathleen Joy ^a   McNaughton Collins, Mary ^b   Leiby, Benjamin E ^a   O'Leary, Michael P ^b   Kusek, John W ^c   Litwin, Mark S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Pelvic pain; Prospective studies; Prostatitis; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PROSTATITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATITIS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 30344488171     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)00233-8     Document Type: Article

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