Prostatitis: Updates on diagnostic evaluation

Current Urology Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 301-306

  Rothman, Jason R ^b   Jaffe, William I ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYSTOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NONHUMAN; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSTATITIS; REVIEW; UROGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; PELVIC PAIN; PROSTATITIS;

EID: 34547460667     PISSN: 15272737     EISSN: 15346285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11934-007-0076-7     Document Type: Review

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