NIDDK Central Repository - Prevalence of symptoms of bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis among adult females in the United States.

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Publication Information

DOI

10.1016/j.juro.2011.03.132

PubMed ID

21683389

Public Release Type

Journal

Publication Year

2011

Affiliation

RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California.90407-2138, USA. berry@rand.org

Authors

Berry SH, Bogart LM, Clemens JQ, Eggers P, Elliott MN, Nyberg L, Stoto MA, Suttorp M

Studies

RICE

Citation

Berry SH, Elliott MN, Suttorp M, Bogart LM, Stoto MA, Eggers P, Nyberg L, Clemens JQ. Prevalence of symptoms of bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis among adult females in the United States. J Urol 2011 Aug;186(2):540-4. Epub 2011 Jun 16.

Abstract

Bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis is a poorly understood condition that can cause serious disability. We provide the first population based symptom prevalence estimate to our knowledge among United States adult females.