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Diagnosis of Interstitial Cystitis: A Clinical, Endoscopic and Pathologic Approach

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Interstitial Cystitis

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Interstitial cystitis (IC) is frequently a diagnosis of exclusion in patients with irritative voiding symptons and negative urine cultures. The true incidence of IC is difficult to ascertain because of non-uniform clinical, endoscopic and histologie diagnostic criteria (Sant 1987). Oravisto estimated the incidence of IC in Finland to be 18 per 100 000 women (Oravisto 1975). However, a recent questionnaire survey estimated the prevalence of IC in the United States to be at least twice that in Finland (Held et al. 1987). Females are affected ten times more frequently than men. The condition is not common in blacks, children or adolescents (Geist and Antolak 1970).

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  1. Department of Urology, Temple University School of Medicine, Broad and Tioga Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19140, USA

    Philip M. Hanno MD (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

  2. Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, USA

    David R. Staskin MD (Assistant Professor of Urology) (Assistant Professor of Urology)

  3. Department of Urology, Boston University School of Medicine, 720 Harrison Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, 02118, USA

    Robert J. Krane MD (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

  4. Division of Urology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, USA

    Alan J. Wein MD (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

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Sant, G.R. (1990). Diagnosis of Interstitial Cystitis: A Clinical, Endoscopic and Pathologic Approach. In: Hanno, P.M., Staskin, D.R., Krane, R.J., Wein, A.J. (eds) Interstitial Cystitis. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3293-6_11

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