Safety and efficacy of concurrent application of oral pentosan polysulfate and subcutaneous low-dose heparin for patients with interstitial cystitis

Urology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 707-711

  Van Ophoven, Arndt ^a   Heinecke, Achim ^b   Hertle, Lothar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; PENTOSAN POLYSULFATE;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; GINGIVA BLEEDING; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPERMENORRHEA; INJECTION SITE REACTION; INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAINTENANCE DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZATION; SAMPLE SIZE; SKIN BURNING SENSATION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY URGENCY; WELLBEING;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CYSTITIS, INTERSTITIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HEPARIN; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENTOSAN SULFURIC POLYESTER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 26644468404     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2005.04.056     Document Type: Article

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