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Case Reports in Urology
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 354219, 3 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/354219
Case Report

Case of Eosinophilic Cystitis Treated with Suplatast Tosilate as Maintenance Therapy

Tateki Yoshino and Hiroyuki Moriyama

Department of Urology, JA Onomichi General Hospital, Hiroshima 722-0018, Japan

Received 18 June 2012; Accepted 15 August 2012

Academic Editors: S. K. Hong and E. Tuzel

Copyright © 2012 Tateki Yoshino and Hiroyuki Moriyama. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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