Urine nerve growth factor (NGF) level, bladder nerve staining and symptom/problem scores in patients with interstitial cystitis

Tonyali S., Ates D., Akbiyik F., Kankaya D., Baydar D., ERGEN A.

ADVANCES IN CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE, vol.27, no.2, pp.159-163, 2018 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

Abstract

Background. Interstitial cystitis (IC)/bladder pain syndrome (BPS) is a challenging disease, affecting thousands of people all around the world, especially women. Although there have been numerous theories regarding IC/BPS etiology, the physiopathology of the disease still remains unclear and there is a lack of certain treatment.