Helicobacter pylori seroprevalence in patients with chronic prostatitis: A pilot study

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 91-94

  Karatas, Omer Faruk ^a   Turkay, Cansel ^a   Bayrak, Omer ^a   Cimentepe, Ersin ^a   Unal, Dogan ^a  

^a FATIH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chronic prostatitis; Helicobacter pylori; Seropositivity

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHRONIC PROSTATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GROUPS BY AGE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; URINE FLOW RATE;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSTATITIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 77950232214     PISSN: 00365599     EISSN: 16512065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365590903535981     Document Type: Article

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