Visceral and cutaneous sensory testing in patients with painful bladder syndrome
β Scribed by Mary P. FitzGerald; Dorothea Koch; Judith Senka
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 197 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0733-2467
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## Abstract ## Aims To compare cutaneous sensory thresholds, habituation to somatic stimuli, and tendency towards catastrophic reaction to painful stimuli in patients with Painful Bladder Syndrome (PBS) to controls without PBS. ## Method Thermal and vibratory sensory thresholds were established
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