Chronic prostatitis: Approaches for best management

Korean Journal of Urology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 69-77

  Lee, Kyung Seop ^a   Choi, Jae Duck ^a  

^a Dongguk University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chronic pelvic pain syndrome; Chronic prostatitis; Prostate

Indexed keywords

ALFUZOSIN; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENTOSAN POLYSULFATE; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHRONIC BACTERIAL PROSTATITIS; CHRONIC PROSTATITIS; CONFUSION; CYSTOSCOPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FIBROMYALGIA; FRUSTRATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH PROSTATITIS SYMPTOM INDEX; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PROSTATECTOMY; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; SEMEN ANALYSIS; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; URETHRAL SWAB; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 84863134404     PISSN: 20056737     EISSN: 20056745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4111/kju.2012.53.2.69     Document Type: Article

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