Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Chronic Prostatitis: Prospective Comparison of the University of Sciences Malaysia Cohort With the United States National Institutes of Health Cohort

Journal of Urology

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 153-158

  Lee, Shaun Wen Huey ^a   Cheah, Phaik Yeong ^a   Liong, Men Long ^b   Yuen, Kah Hay ^a   Schaeffer, Anthony J ^c   Propert, Kathleen ^d   Krieger, John N ^e  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b Lam Wah Ee Hospital   (Malaysia)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

academic medical centers; cohort studies; National Institutes of Health (U.S.); pelvic pain; prostate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PROSTATITIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATITIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845306449     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2006.08.098     Document Type: Article

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