Management of bladder pain syndrome

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C. O. Шурпяк

Abstract

Данное руководство направлено на предоставление информации, основанной на данных доказательной медицины, для врачей по менеджменту симптомов и методов лечения болевого синдрома мочевого пузыря (БСМП) у женщин вместе с оценкой текущих неопределенностей, связанных с этим состоянием.

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Шурпяк C. O. (2017). Management of bladder pain syndrome. Family Medicine, (6 (74), 66–75. https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.14310
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Author Biography

C. O. Шурпяк, Львовский национальный медицинский университет имени Данила Галицкого

Шурпяк Сергей Александрович,

кафедра акушерства, гинекологии и перинатологии,

автор адаптированного перевода

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