Failure of a monotherapy strategy for difficult chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome

Journal of Urology

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 551-554

  Nickel, J Curtis ^a   Downey, Joe ^a   Ardern, Dale ^a   Clark, Janet ^a   Nickel, Kyle ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Pelvic pain; Prostatitis; Treatment failure

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; FINASTERIDE; NARCOTIC AGENT; PENTOSAN POLYSULFATE; PLANT EXTRACT; QUERCETIN; STEROID; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PROSTATITIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH CHRONIC PROSTATITIS SYMPTOM INDEX; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; UROFLOWMETRY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 3142617982     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000131592.98562.16     Document Type: Article

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