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A randomized placebo‐controlled multicentre study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of finasteride for male chronic pelvic pain syndrome (category IIIA chronic nonbacterial prostatitis) by Nickel, J.C., Downey, J., Pontari, M.A., Shoskes, D.A., Zeitlin, S.I.

“…OBJECTIVE To determine if finasteride can reduce symptoms in men with a clinical diagnosis of chronic nonbacterial prostatitis (National Institutes of Health,…”
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Implantable FES system for upright mobility and bladder and bowel function for individuals with spinal cord injury by JOHNSTON, T. E, BETZ, R. R, SMITH, B. T, BENDA, B. J, MULCAHEY, M. J, DAVIS, R, HOUDAYER, T. P, PONTARI, M. A, BARRISKILL, A, CREASEY, G. H

“…Postintervention. To determine the effectiveness of the Praxis multifunctional implantable functional electrical stimulation (FES) system (Neopraxis Pty. Ltd,…”
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Clinical phenotyping in chronic prostatitis chronic pelvic pain syndrome and interstitial cystitis: a management strategy for urologic chronic pelvic pain syndromes by Shoskes, D A, Nickel, J C, Rackley, R R, Pontari, M A

“…The urologic chronic pain conditions such as chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome and interstitial cystitis are syndromes whose evaluation and…”
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Comparison of bladder blood flow in patients with and without interstitial cystitis by Pontari, M A, Hanno, P M, Ruggieri, M R

“…We compared bladder blood flow during filling and emptying in patients with and without interstitial cystitis, and correlated blood flow with symptoms in those…”
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The Spanish National Institutes of Health-Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index: translation and linguistic validation by Collins, M M, O'Leary, M P, Calhoun, E A, Pontari, M A, Adler, A, Eremenco, S, Chang, C H, Odom, L, Litwin, M S

“…The prominence of health related quality of life end points in international clinical research underscores the importance of well validated and translated…”
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Human prostate muscarinic receptor subtypes by Ruggieri, M R, Colton, M D, Wang, P, Wang, J, Smyth, R J, Pontari, M A, Luthin, G R

“…The alpha adrenergic receptor subtypes of the human prostate have been intensively investigated, while the muscarinic receptor subtypes and their function have…”
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Diagnosis and treatment of enterovesical fistulae by Pontari, M A, McMillen, M A, Garvey, R H, Ballantyne, G H

“…Presenting symptoms, diagnostic progression, etiology, therapy, and complications of 44 patients with enterovesical fistulae who came to three Yale teaching…”
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Quality of Life Is Impaired in Men with Chronic Prostatitis the Chronic Prostatitis Collaborative Research Network by McNaughton Collins, Mary, Pontari, Michel A., O'Leary, Michael P., Calhoun, Elizabeth A., Santanna, Jill, Landis, J. Richard, Kusek, John W., Litwin, Mark S.

“…OBJECTIVE: Health‐related quality of life (HRQOL) impairment may be a central component of chronic prostatitis for men afflicted with this condition. Our…”
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Retained sacral function in children with high level myelodysplasia by Pontari, M A, Keating, M, Kelly, M, Dyro, F, Bauer, S B

“…To assess the preservation of sacral function despite denervation higher on the spinal cord in children with myelodysplasia, we examined 151 myelomeningocele…”
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Logical and systematic approach to the evaluation and management of patients suspected of having interstitial cystitis by Pontari, Michel A., Hanno, Philip M., Wein, Alan J.

“…To outline a systematic approach to the evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of interstitial cystitis (IC). A review of the literature as well as of our…”
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Adverse Urologic Consequences of Spinal Cord Resection at the Time of Kyphectomy: Value of Preoperative Urodynamic Evaluation by Pontari, Michel A, Bauer, Stuart B, Hall, John E, Emans, John B

“…Four children with thoracic level paraplegia and severe myelokyphosis underwent distal spinal cord resection at the time of kyphectomy. All four children were…”
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Characterization of Muscarinic Cholinergic Receptor Subtypes in Rat Prostate by Pontari, M. A., Luthin, G. R., Braverman, A. S., Ruggieri, M. R.

“…Abstract The purpose of this study was to characterize the muscarinic receptor subtypes in the individual lobes of the rat prostate. Immunoprecipitation was…”
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Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome by Pontari, Michel A., MD

“…In the 20th century, the term “prostatitis” traditionally referred to inflammation in the prostate, often attributed to infection. Prostatitis in this century…”
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Pregabalin for the treatment of men with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome: a randomized controlled trial by Pontari, Michel A, Krieger, John N, Litwin, Mark S, White, Paige C, Anderson, Rodney U, McNaughton-Collins, Mary, Nickel, J Curtis, Shoskes, Daniel A, Alexander, Richard B, O'Leary, Michael, Zeitlin, Scott, Chuai, Shannon, Landis, J Richard, Cen, Liyi, Propert, Kathleen J, Kusek, John W, Nyberg, Jr, Leroy M, Schaeffer, Anthony J

“…Evidence suggests that the urogenital pain of chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) may be neuropathic. This randomized, double-blind,…”
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The straight radial-antecubital PTFE angio-access graft in an era of high-flux dialysis by Pontari, M A, McMillen, M A

“…Straight radial-antecubital polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) grafts were placed in 10 older (greater than 55 years) male patients with significant intercurrent…”
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Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome in elderly men: Toward better understanding and treatment by PONTARI, Michel A

“…Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) is the most common of the prostatitis syndromes. It is characterised by pelvic pain, with or without…”
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Sex differences and role of nitric oxide in blood flow of canine urinary bladder by Pontari, M A, Ruggieri, M R

“…Continuous measurements were made of bladder blood flow by laser Doppler flowmetry in anesthetized dogs during bladder filling and emptying. In both mucosa and…”
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Sensory sensitivity and symptom severity represent unique dimensions of chronic pain: a MAPP Research Network study by Schrepf, Andrew, Williams, David A., Gallop, Robert, Naliboff, Bruce D., Basu, Neil, Kaplan, Chelsea, Harper, Daniel E., Landis, J. Richard, Clemens, J. Quentin, Strachan, Eric, Griffith, James W., Afari, Niloofar, Hassett, Afton, Pontari, Michel A., Clauw, Daniel J., Harte, Steven E.

“…Chronic overlapping pain conditions (COPCs) are characterized by aberrant central nervous system processing of pain. This "centralized pain" phenotype has been…”
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Association of Longitudinal Changes in Symptoms and Urinary Biomarkers in Patients with Urological Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome: A MAPP Research Network Study by Roy, Roopali, Stephens, Alisa J, Daisy, Cassandra, Merritt, Lauren, Newcomb, Craig W, Yang, Jiang, Dagher, Adelle, Curatolo, Adam, Sachdev, Monisha, McNeish, Brendan, Landis, Richard, van Bokhoven, Adrie, El-Hayek, Andrew, Froehlich, John, Pontari, Michel A, Zurakowski, David, Lee, Richard S, Moses, Marsha A

“…We analyzed a series of novel noninvasive urinary biomarkers for their ability to objectively monitor the longitudinal clinical status of patients with…”
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Identification of novel non‐invasive biomarkers of urinary chronic pelvic pain syndrome: findings from the Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Chronic Pelvic Pain (MAPP) Research Network by Dagher, Adelle, Curatolo, Adam, Sachdev, Monisha, Stephens, Alisa J., Mullins, Chris, Landis, J. Richard, Bokhoven, Adrie, El‐Hayek, Andrew, Froehlich, John W., Briscoe, Andrew C., Roy, Roopali, Yang, Jiang, Pontari, Michel A., Zurakowski, David, Lee, Richard S., Moses, Marsha A.

“…Objective To examine a series of candidate markers for urological chronic pelvic pain syndrome (UCPPS), selected based on their proposed involvement in…”
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