Is urine methylhistamine a useful marker for interstitial cystitis?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 172, Issue 6 I, 2004, Pages 2256-2260

  Erickson, Deborah R ^a,d   Kunselman, Allen R ^a   Bentley, Christina M ^a   Peters, Kenneth M ^c   Rovner, Eric S ^b   Demers, Laurence M ^a   Tomaszewski, John E ^b  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder; Cystitis, interstitial; Mast cells; Methylhistamines; Urine

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BLADDER DISTENSION; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS; MAST CELL; NOCTURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY URGENCY;

EID: 8644272338     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000140956.25590.98     Document Type: Article

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