The Journal of Urology
Volume 183, Issue 5 , Pages 1848-1852 , May 2010

Development, Validation and Testing of an Epidemiological Case Definition of Interstitial Cystitis/Painful Bladder Syndrome

  • Sandra H. Berry

      Affiliations

    • RAND Corp., Santa Monica, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: RAND Corp., 1776 Main St., Santa Monica, California 90407 (telephone: 310-393-0411, extension 7779; FAX: 310-451-6921)
    • ,
  • Laura M. Bogart

      Affiliations

    • Children's Hospital Boston/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Chau Pham

      Affiliations

    • RAND Corp., Santa Monica, California
    • ,
  • Karin Liu

      Affiliations

    • RAND Corp., Santa Monica, California
    • ,
  • Leroy Nyberg

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland
    • ,
  • Michael Stoto

      Affiliations

    • RAND Corp., Santa Monica, California
    • ,
  • Marika Suttorp

      Affiliations

    • Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
    • ,
  • J. Quentin Clemens

      Affiliations

    • University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    • Financial interest and/or other relationship with Merck, Medtronic, Lilly and Pfizer.

Received 25 July 2009

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 Study received institutional review board approval.

 Supported by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Grant U10DK070234-01.

 Supplementary material for this article can be obtained at http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR718/.

PII: S0022-5347(09)03402-8

doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.12.103

The Journal of Urology
Volume 183, Issue 5 , Pages 1848-1852 , May 2010

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