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Interstitial cystitis and infectious agents.
International journal of immunopathology and pharmacology - 1 Jan 2000
Fioriti D, Penta M, Mischitelli M, Degener A M, Pierangeli A, Gentile V, Nicosia R, Gallinelli C, Chiarini F, Pietropaolo V
Abstract excerpt
Interstitial cystitis (IC) is a syndrome consisting of severe refractory bladder symptoms of unknown etiology. The disease tends to affect Caucasian women with a mean age of 40 years, with 25% of patients under the age of 30. Few population based epidemiological studies of IC have been performed. We analyzed a case of interstitial cystitis in a 42-year-old non-smoker woman. In two biopsy samples the presence of...
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