Effects of a short course of oral prednisolone in patients with bladder pain syndrome with fluctuating, worsening pain despite low-dose triple therapy

International Neurourology Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 175-180

  Jeong, Hee Jong ^a  

^a Wonkwang University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adrenal cortex hormones; Interstitial cystitis; Pain measurement

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CHONDROITIN SULFATE; CORTICOSTEROID; GABAPENTIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER PAIN SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTALGIA; CYSTITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS; INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS SYMPTOM INDEX; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT DURATION; VALIDATION STUDY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84873464509     PISSN: 20934777     EISSN: 20936931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5213/inj.2012.16.4.175     Document Type: Article

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