The management of interstitial cystitis or painful bladder syndrome in women

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 339, Issue 7716, 2009, Pages 337-342

  Marinkovic, Serge P ^a   Moldwin, Robert ^b   Gillen, Lisa M ^c   Stanton, Stuart L ^d  

^a St Francis Hospital   (United States)

^b The Arthur Smith Institute for Urology   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMITRIPTYLINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; GABAPENTIN; HEPARIN; HEPARIN BINDING EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; HYDROXYZINE; PENTOSAN POLYSULFATE; PLACEBO; PREDNISONE;

ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ABUSE; ADD ON THERAPY; ASTHMA; BEDTIME DOSAGE; BLADDER CAPACITY; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONSTIPATION; CYSTOSCOPY; DIET RESTRICTION; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; DROWSINESS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FIBROMYALGIA; GINGIVA HYPERPLASIA; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HAIR GROWTH; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCONTINENCE; INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS; IRRITABLE COLON; LIVER TOXICITY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MIGRAINE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MONOTHERAPY; MORNING DOSAGE; NAUSEA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEPHROTOXICITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL ABUSE; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN BRUISING; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY URGENCY; URINE CULTURE; URINE CYTOLOGY; VISION; VULVODYNIA; WEIGHT GAIN; XEROSTOMIA;

CYSTITIS, INTERSTITIAL; DIET; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; PELVIC PAIN; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; URINARY INCONTINENCE, URGE;

EID: 69549110731     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b2707     Document Type: Review

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