Intravesical chondroitin sulphate for interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome

Ulster Medical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 161-163

  Downey, A ^a   Hennessy, D B ^a   Curry, D ^a,b   Cartwright, C ^b   Downey, P ^b   Pahuja, A ^a,b  

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHERN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN SULFATE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DYSURIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS; MALE; NOCTURIA; O LEARY SANT INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS INDEX SCORE; UNITED KINGDOM; URINARY URGENCY; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE ASSESSMENT; CYSTITIS, INTERSTITIAL; INTRAVESICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVESICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHONDROITIN SULFATES; CYSTITIS, INTERSTITIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84943244494     PISSN: 00416193     EISSN: 20464207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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