Osteitis Pubis: A Diagnosis for the Family Physician
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Osteitis pubis: a diagnosis for the family physician.
BACKGROUND Osteitis pubis was first described in 1924 in patients who had had suprapubic surgery. Since that time many theories concerning the cause of the disease have been developed. Published case reports and retrospective record reviews of specific, isolated patient populations have been used to postulate an infectious, inflammatory, or traumatic cause of this condition. Such confusion redu...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
سال: 1998
ISSN: 1557-2625,1558-7118
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.11.4.291