A diagnostic in vitro urine assay for interstitial cystitis

Urology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 974-978

  Keay, S ^a,b   Zhang, C O ^a   Hise, M K ^a   Hebel, J R ^a   Jacobs, S C ^a   Gordon, D ^c   Whitmore, K ^c   Bodison, S ^d   Gordon, N ^a   Warren, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER EPITHELIUM; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSMOLALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; CYSTITIS; CYSTITIS, INTERSTITIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY BLADDER; UROTHELIUM; VULVOVAGINITIS;

EID: 0032403378     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(98)00488-9     Document Type: Article

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