Urology
Volume 72, Issue 4 , Pages 731-735 , October 2008

Role of Repeated Prostatic Massage in Chronic Prostatitis: A Systematic Review of the Literature

  • Vibhash C. Mishra

      Affiliations

    • Whipps Cross University Hospital, London, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Vibhash C. Mishra, MD, 5 Lincolnshire Gardens, Warfield, Bracknell RG42 3XB, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • John Browne

      Affiliations

    • Health Services Research Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Mark Emberton

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Urology and Nephrology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Received 1 December 2007 ,Accepted 15 April 2008.

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PII: S0090-4295(08)00515-3

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2008.04.030

Urology
Volume 72, Issue 4 , Pages 731-735 , October 2008

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