Urology
Volume 64, Issue 5 , Pages 866-870 , November 2004

Prevalence of interstitial cystitis in young women

  • C. Lowell Parsons

      Affiliations

    • Division of Urology, University of California, San Diego, Medical Center, San Diego, California, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: C. Lowell Parsons, M.D., c/o Bette Jo Garrett, Division of Urology, University of California, San Diego, Medical Center, 200 West Arbor Drive (8897), San Diego, CA 92103-8897
    • ,
  • Vasiliki Tatsis

      Affiliations

    • Division of Urology, University of California, San Diego, Medical Center, San Diego, California, USA

Received 29 March 2004 ,Accepted 17 June 2004.

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PII: S0090-4295(04)00809-X

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2004.06.044

Urology
Volume 64, Issue 5 , Pages 866-870 , November 2004

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