Urology
Volume 61, Issue 1 , Pages 60-64 , January 2003

Chronic prostatitis: symptom survey with follow-up clinical evaluation

  • Phaik Yeong Cheah

      Affiliations

    • University of Science Malaysia School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Penang, Malaysia
    • ,
  • Men Long Liong

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Lam Wah Ee Hospital, Penang, Malaysia
    • ,
  • Kah Hay Yuen

      Affiliations

    • University of Science Malaysia School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Penang, Malaysia
    • ,
  • Chu Leong Teh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Penang Adventist Hospital, Penang, Malaysia
    • ,
  • Timothy Khor

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Gleneagles Medical Centre, Penang, Malaysia
    • ,
  • Jin Rong Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Penang Hospital, Penang, Malaysia
    • ,
  • Hin Wai Yap

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Island Hospital Penang, Penang, Malaysia
    • ,
  • John N Krieger

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: John N. Krieger, M.D., Department of Urology, University of Washington School of Medicine, 1660 South Columbian Way, Seattle, WA 98108, USA
    • Department of Urological Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA

Received 6 May 2002 ,Accepted 22 August 2002.

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☆ This study was supported in part by an unrestricted grant from Abbott Laboratories, Malaysia, and the U.S. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.

PII: S0090-4295(02)02081-2

Urology
Volume 61, Issue 1 , Pages 60-64 , January 2003

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