<p>Chronic prostatitis: current treatment options</p>
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Current treatment options in the management of chronic prostatitis
Chronic prostatitis is a disease with an unknown etiology that affects a large number of men. The optimal management for category III chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) is unknown. The recent years have seen a significant increase in research efforts to understand, classify and treat CP/CPPS. Standard treatment usually consists of prolonged courses of antibiotics, even t...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Research and Reports in Urology
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2253-2447
DOI: 10.2147/rru.s194679