American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 202, Issue 3 , Pages 286.e1-286.e6 , March 2010

Pelvic pain and surgeries in women before interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome

  • Patricia W. Langenberg, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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  • Edward E. Wallach, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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  • Daniel J. Clauw, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology and Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI
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  • Fred M. Howard, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY
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  • Christina M. Diggs, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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  • Ursula Wesselmann, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL
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  • Patty Greenberg, MA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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  • John W. Warren, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
    • Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

Received 28 May 2009 ,Revised 13 August 2009 ,Accepted 19 October 2009.

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 This study was supported in part by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Grant R01 DK 064880.

 Cite this article as: Langenberg PW, Wallach EE, Clauw DJ, et al. Pelvic pain and surgeries in women before interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2010;202:286.e1-6.

PII: S0002-9378(09)02004-3

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.10.866

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 202, Issue 3 , Pages 286.e1-286.e6 , March 2010

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