Chronic pelvic pain and the role of pain of bladder origin: Changing the paradigm to improve clinical outcomes

International Journal of Fertility and Women's Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 73-78

  Shulman, Lee P ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Prentice Women's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder pain; Chronic pelvic pain; Interstitial cystitis

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; HEPARIN; HYDROCORTISONE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; PENTOSAN POLYSULFATE; PLACEBO;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CYSTALGIA; CYSTOSCOPY; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; BLADDER DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; MASS SCREENING; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; VULVA DISEASE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CYSTITIS, INTERSTITIAL; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PELVIC PAIN; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URINARY BLADDER DISEASES; VULVAR DISEASES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33644696081     PISSN: 1534892X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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