Influence of pain and urinary symptoms on quality of life in young men with chronic prostatitis-like symptoms

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 489-493

  Ku, Ja Hyeon ^a   Kwak, Cheol ^a   Oh, Seung June ^a   Lee, Eunsik ^a   Lee, Sang Eun ^a   Paick, Jae Seung ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Pain; Prostate; Prostatitis; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PROSTATITIS; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PROSTATITIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 4043094856     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2004.00842.x     Document Type: Article

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