Small fiber polyneuropathy as a potential therapeutic target in interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome.

Catherine A MatthewsShaun P DeveshwarRobert J EvansGopal BadlaniStephen J Walker

Published in: International urogynecology journal (2019)

This finding of SFPN provides a therapeutic target for FM and in this article we hypothesize and provide rationale for the idea that this same phenomenon (SFPN) might explain, in some IC/BPS patients, the finding of widespread pain and likewise provide a therapeutic target for these patients.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
clinical trial
chronic pain
risk assessment
neuropathic pain
spinal cord
human health