Recent Trends In Patient Characteristics And Therapeutic Choices For Interstitial Cystitis: Analysis Of 282 Japanese Patients

UroToday.com- In 1998 Ito conducted one of the first surveys of BPS/IC in Japan and found a prevalence of only 2 per 100,000 patients, one of the lowest reported in the world. Dr. Ito, with Drs. Ueda, Homma, and Takei from Tokyo, Kyoto, and Fukuoka have revisited the current trends in patients with diagnosed BPS/IC in their country and reported some interesting findings. Their study was based on 282 BPS/IC patients that the authors had diagnosed and treated recently.

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Filed under: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses on February 8th, 2008