Effectiveness of acupuncture in patients with category IIIb chronic pelvic pain syndrome: A report of 97 patients

Pain Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 518-523

  Tugcu, Volkan ^a   Tas, Selim ^a   Eren, Gulay ^a   Bedirhan, Bahar ^b   Karadag, Serdar ^a   Tasci, Ali ^a  

^a Department of Urology and ^*  (Turkey)

^b BAKIRKOY DR SADI KONUK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; BL 33; Chronic Prostatitis

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PROSTATITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 77952793316     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2009.00794.x     Document Type: Article

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