Chronic Testicular Pain as a Symptom of Pelvic Floor Dysfunction

Journal of Urology

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 177-181

  Planken, Erik ^a   Voorham van der Zalm, Petra J ^a   Lycklama à Nijeholt, August A B ^a   Elzevier, Henk W ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

pain; pelvic floor; prostatitis; testis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC SCROTAL PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEFECATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MICTURITION; MUSCLE TONE; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SYMPTOM; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PELVIC FLOOR; TESTIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71249138021     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.08.147     Document Type: Article

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