Evaluation of Patients with Painful Bladder Syndrome/Interstitial Cystitis

This review looks into the evaluation of patients with interstitial cystitis (IC). Interstitial cystitis is not easy to define. There is a lot of activity in this domain and a great international effort is made to get to a generally accepted definition and standardised protocols for diagnosis and t...

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Main Author: Jean Jacques Wyndaele
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2005-01-01
Series:The Scientific World Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2005.119
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spelling doaj-art-c42e9eef71cf4465828695239e6302802025-02-03T01:06:51ZengWileyThe Scientific World Journal1537-744X2005-01-01594294910.1100/tsw.2005.119Evaluation of Patients with Painful Bladder Syndrome/Interstitial CystitisJean Jacques Wyndaele0Department of Urology, University Antwerp, 10 Wilrijkstraat, B 2650 Edegem, BelgiumThis review looks into the evaluation of patients with interstitial cystitis (IC). Interstitial cystitis is not easy to define. There is a lot of activity in this domain and a great international effort is made to get to a generally accepted definition and standardised protocols for diagnosis and treatment. We have not reached this point so far.http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2005.119
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Evaluation of Patients with Painful Bladder Syndrome/Interstitial Cystitis
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