Opposing Views

Journal of Urology

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 431-434

  Hanno, Philip ^a   Parsons, C Lowell ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIC ACID; PENTOSAN POLYSULFATE; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CYSTALGIA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG EFFECT; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS; POTASSIUM URINE LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY URGENCY;

CYSTITIS, INTERSTITIAL; HUMANS; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 67649791972     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.05.070     Document Type: Note

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