Visceral and cutaneous sensory testing in patients with painful bladder syndrome

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 627-632

  FitzGerald, Mary P ^a   Koch, Dorothea ^a   Senka, Judith ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Interstitial cystitis; Painful bladder syndrome; Visceral pain syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; BLADDER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOMETRY; DERMATOME; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS; PAINFUL BLADDER SYNDROME; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN STIMULATION; STRESS INCONTINENCE; VISCERAL PAIN; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CYSTITIS, INTERSTITIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; PAIN; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

EID: 27644451788     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.20178     Document Type: Article

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