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Validation of Distinct Bladder Pain Phenotypes Utilizing the MAPP Research Network Cohort.
International urogynecology journal - 1 Mar 2024
Nettey Oluwarotimi Sewedo, Gu Cindy, Jackson Nicholas James, Ackerman A Lenore
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INTRODUCTION AND HYPOTHESIS: As interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) likely represents multiple pathophysiologies, we sought to validate three clinical phenotypes of IC/BPS patients in a large, multi-center cohort using unsupervised machine learning (ML) analysis. METHODS: Using the female Genitourinary Pain Index and O'Leary-Sant Indices, k-means unsupervised clustering was utilized to define...
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