Hunner-Type (Classic) Interstitial Cystitis: A Distinct Inflammatory Disorder Characterized by Pancystitis, with Frequent Expansion of Clonal B-Cells and Epithelial Denudation.

Hunner-Type (Classic) Interstitial Cystitis: A Distinct Inflammatory Disorder Characterized by Pancystitis, with Frequent Expansion of Clonal B-Cells and Epithelial Denudation.

Interstitial cystitis (IC) is a chronic bladder disease with urinary frequency, bladder discomfort or bladder pain of unknown etiology. Based on cystoscopic findings, patients with IC are classified as either Hunner-type/classic IC (HIC), presenting with a specific Hunner lesion, or non-Hunner-type...

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Main Authors: Daichi Maeda, Yoshiyuki Akiyama, Teppei Morikawa, Akiko Kunita, Yasunori Ota, Hiroto Katoh, Aya Niimi, Akira Nomiya, Shumpei Ishikawa, Akiteru Goto, Yasuhiko Igawa, Masashi Fukayama, Yukio Homma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4654580?pdf=render

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