• EAU Guidelines on Chronic Pelvic Pain. Fall M, et al. Eur Urol 2009; doi:10.1016/
  j.eururo.2009.08.020

• Clinical guidelines for interstitial cystitis and hypersensitive bladder syndrome.
  Homma Y, Ueda T, Tomoe H, et al. Int J Urol 2009;16:597-615

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ESSIC PAPER

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• Diagnostic Criteria, Classification, and Nomenclature for Painful Bladder Syndrome/Interstitial Cystitis: An ESSIC Proposal. 
  van de Merwe JP, Nordling J, Bouchelouche P, Bouchelouche K, Cervigni M, Daha LK, Elneil S, Fall M, Hohlbrugger G, Irwin P, Mortensen S, van Ophoven A, Osborne JL, Peeker R, Richter B, Riedl C, Sairanen J, Tinzl M, Wyndaele J-J. Eur Urol 2008;53:60-7

• report on the Baden 2005 consensus on definitions and confusable diseases
  by Joop P van de Merwe and Jørgen Nordling

• introduction to the design of diagnostic criteria
  ppt file of the presentation by Joop P van de Merwe at the ESSIC Meeting in Baden 17 June 2005

• design of criteria for diagnosis 
  pdf handout of the presentation by Joop P van de Merwe at the ESSIC meeting in Copenhagen, 4 June 2004

• ESSIC PAPER 
  Primary evaluation of patients suspected of having interstitial cystitis (IC)
  Nordling J, Anjum FH, Bade JJ, et al. Eur Urol 2004;45:662-9 [PMID: 15082211]