Abstract
This paper reviews the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) classification system for prostatitis and summarizes North American data on the incidence and prevalence of NIH category III chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome, focusing upon a baseline demographic analysis of the US Chronic Prostatitis Cohort Study, a longitudinal study of 488 patients diagnosed with category III prostatitis.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 5-10 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | European Urology, Supplement |
Volume | 2 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 2003 |
Keywords
- Chronic pelvic pain syndrome
- Chronic prostatitis
- Classification
- Diagnosis
- Epidemiology
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Urology