Incidence and Significance of Prostatic Stones in Men with Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome

Urology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 235-238

  Shoskes, Daniel A ^a   Lee, Chun Te ^a   Murphy, Donel ^a   Kefer, John ^a   Wood, Hadley M ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHRONIC PROSTATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE DISEASE; PROSTATE FLUID; PROSTATE SIZE; PROSTATE STONE; PROSTATIC CALCIFICATION; STONE FORMATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CALCULI; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC DISEASES; PROSTATITIS;

EID: 34548393257     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2007.04.008     Document Type: Article

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