Interstitial cystitis

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 332-336

  Sant, Grannum R ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; HYALURONIC ACID; METHOTREXATE; PENTOSAN POLYSULFATE;

ALOPECIA; AUTOIMMUNITY; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; BLADDER WALL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS; MAST CELL; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0030865336     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001703-199710000-00013     Document Type: Review

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