Interstitial cystitis: review of the literature.
Interstitial cystitis is a chronic bladder disease of unknown frequency and unclarified etiology. The condition is often missed and the patients incorrectly treated. The problematic patient is often a woman with a long-lasting urological history, sterile urine, urinary incontinence, dyspareunia or chronic pelvic pain. Here characteristics of 5 patients are described and the literature is reviewed to draw attention to this condition.
Jensen
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Department of Urology, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Nielsen
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Frimodt-Møller
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D002908:Chronic Disease; D003556:Cystitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged