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Issues in designing a randomized clinical trial for chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome: Comment on Wang et al. Randomized controlled trial of levofloxacin, terazosin, and combination therapy in patients with category III chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome. Int Urol Nephrol. 2016;48:13–18

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  1. Department of Surgery, Clinical Hospital Center Zagreb, Kišpatićeva 12, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia

    Dino Papeš & Miram Pasini

  2. Department of Research in Biomedicine and Health, University of Split School of Medicine, Split, Croatia

    Ana Jerončić

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Papeš, D., Pasini, M. & Jerončić, A. Issues in designing a randomized clinical trial for chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome: Comment on Wang et al. Randomized controlled trial of levofloxacin, terazosin, and combination therapy in patients with category III chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome. Int Urol Nephrol. 2016;48:13–18. Int Urol Nephrol 49, 457–458 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11255-016-1356-2

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