Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome in males may be an autoimmune disease, potentially responsive to corticosteroid therapy

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 261-262

  Tomaskovic, I ^a   Ruzic, B ^a   Trnski, D ^a   Kraus, O ^a  

^a SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; GAMMA INTERFERON; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; PREDNISOLONE; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHRONIC PROSTATITIS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MICTURITION; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; PELVIC PAIN; PROSTATITIS; SYNDROME;

EID: 59249100168     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2008.10.020     Document Type: Article

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