Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome: Symptoms are aggravated by cold and become less distressing with age and time

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 516-520

  Hedelin, Hans ^a   Jonsson, Karin ^a  

^a Research and Development Centre   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chronic prostatitis; Cold; Pelvic pain; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PROSTATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSURIA; EJACULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEAT; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL PROSTATE SYMPTOM SCORE; MALE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BATHS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLIMATOTHERAPY; COLD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DYSURIA; EJACULATION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PELVIC PAIN; PROSTATE; PROSTATITIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TIME FACTORS; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 36749044830     PISSN: 00365599     EISSN: 16512065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365590701428517     Document Type: Article

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