Increased nerve growth factor levels in the urinary bladder of women with idiopathic sensory urgency and interstitial cystitis

British Journal of Urology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 572-577

  Lowe, E M ^a   Anand, P ^a   Terenghi, G ^a   Williams Chestnut, R E ^a   Sinicropi, D V ^a   Osborne, J L ^a  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human; Inflammation; Nerve growth factor; Pain; Urinary bladder

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BLADDER BIOPSY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS; MAST CELL; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URGE INCONTINENCE; UROTHELIUM;

EID: 0031397783     PISSN: 00071331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410x.1997.00097.x     Document Type: Article

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