Predictors of pain improvement with Kampo formulas after UPOINT-guided management in chronic pelvic pain syndrome: a retrospective cohort study

Hiroyuki Kitano, Keiko Ogawa-Ochiai, Rei Ueno, Mai Okazaki, Kazuma Yukihiro, Tomoya Hatayama, Hiroyuki Shikuma, Yoshinori Nakano, Shinsaku Tasaka, Kyosuke Iwane, Ryo Tasaka, Yuki Kohada, Shunsuke Miyamoto, Miki Naito, Kohei Kobatake, Yohei Sekino, Keisuke Goto, Keisuke Hieda, Nobuyuki Hinata

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DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2026.1859612
Published: 2026-08-27
Container: Frontiers in Pharmacology
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@article{allodium:10.3389/fphar.2026.1859612,
  title = {Predictors of pain improvement with Kampo formulas after UPOINT-guided management in chronic pelvic pain syndrome: a retrospective cohort study},
  author = {Hiroyuki Kitano and Keiko Ogawa-Ochiai and Rei Ueno and Mai Okazaki and Kazuma Yukihiro and Tomoya Hatayama and Hiroyuki Shikuma and Yoshinori Nakano and Shinsaku Tasaka and Kyosuke Iwane and Ryo Tasaka and Yuki Kohada and Shunsuke Miyamoto and Miki Naito and Kohei Kobatake and Yohei Sekino and Keisuke Goto and Keisuke Hieda and Nobuyuki Hinata},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Frontiers in Pharmacology},
  doi = {10.3389/fphar.2026.1859612},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2026.1859612}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Predictors of pain improvement with Kampo formulas after UPOINT-guided management in chronic pelvic pain syndrome: a retrospective cohort study
AU  - Hiroyuki Kitano
AU  - Keiko Ogawa-Ochiai
AU  - Rei Ueno
AU  - Mai Okazaki
AU  - Kazuma Yukihiro
AU  - Tomoya Hatayama
AU  - Hiroyuki Shikuma
AU  - Yoshinori Nakano
AU  - Shinsaku Tasaka
AU  - Kyosuke Iwane
AU  - Ryo Tasaka
AU  - Yuki Kohada
AU  - Shunsuke Miyamoto
AU  - Miki Naito
AU  - Kohei Kobatake
AU  - Yohei Sekino
AU  - Keisuke Goto
AU  - Keisuke Hieda
AU  - Nobuyuki Hinata
PY  - 2026
JO  - Frontiers in Pharmacology
DO  - 10.3389/fphar.2026.1859612
UR  - https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2026.1859612
ER  -

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Kitano, H., Ogawa-Ochiai, K., Ueno, R., Okazaki, M., Yukihiro, K., Hatayama, T., Shikuma, H., Nakano, Y., Tasaka, S., Iwane, K., Tasaka, R., Kohada, Y., Miyamoto, S., Naito, M., Kobatake, K., Sekino, Y., Goto, K., Hieda, K., & Hinata, N. (2026). Predictors of pain improvement with Kampo formulas after UPOINT-guided management in chronic pelvic pain syndrome: a retrospective cohort study. Frontiers in Pharmacology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2026.1859612

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