Prevalence of Asymptomatic Inflammatory (National Institutes of Health Category IV) Prostatitis in Young Men According to Semen Analysis

Urology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1010-1015

  Korrovits, Paul ^a,b   Ausmees, Kristo ^a   Mändar, Reet ^b   Punab, Margus ^a  

^a TARTU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATITIS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSTATITIS; SEMEN;

EID: 44649203297     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2007.12.082     Document Type: Article

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