Symptom profile variability of interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome by age.


Abstract

• Patients with IC/PBS analysed across a wide spectrum of ages at time of diagnosis portrayed a unique symptom profile pattern. • Patients diagnosed at the youngest ages experienced significantly more urinary urgency, frequency, dysuria, dyspareunia and pain in their external genitalia. • Older patients had higher rates of nocturia, urinary incontinence and Hunner's ulcer disease.


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2012-04-12


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BJU international
BJU Int (1464-410X)

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Eng.


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BJU international

The Arthur Smith Institute for Urology, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, New Hyde Park, NY 11040, USA. soroushraisbahrami [at] gmail.com


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BJU Int. 2012 May;109(9):1356-9



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