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Anogenital syndrome

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The diagnosis “prostatitis” is frequently a makeshift. It not uncommonly occasions long-term antibacterial chemotherapeutic measures which are often ineffective. The symptoms of “prostatitis” may be caused by an anogenital syndrome. This diagnosis can only be made on the basis of meticulous urological and proctological investigations. They frequently obscure the proctological cause of such symptoms (e.g. haemorrhoids).

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  1. Department of Urology, University of Bonn, FRG

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  2. Department of Surgery, University of Bonn, FRG

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Brühl, P., Hansen, H. Anogenital syndrome. International Urology and Nephrology 18, 169–173 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02082604

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