TY - RPRT A1 - Anderson, Leigh Heather A1 - Rasku, Julie Anna A1 - Boyd, Katie Taylor AB - Interstitial Cystitis is a debilitating bladder disease of young and middle-aged women. Knowledge of its etiology and pathogenesis is limited. Our research used the EAC (Experimental Autoimmune Cystitis) rat model developed by Dr. Judith Luber-Narod to investigate the hypothesis that the disease is autoimmune in nature. Bladder tissue from control and EAC rats was compared at the light and electron microscopy levels, where morphological differences were found, along with evidence of increased autoimmune sensitivity in EAC rats. DA - 1999/01/01 DB - Digital WPI DP - Worcester Polytechnic Institute ID - 99D101M L1 - https://digital.wpi.edu/show/t435gh22n LK - https://digital.wpi.edu/ PB - Worcester Polytechnic Institute PY - 1999 T1 - Experimental autoimmune cystitis in rats UR - https://digital.wpi.edu/show/7h149s784 ER -