Detrusor overactivity. Does it represent a difference if patients feel the involuntary contractions?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 172, Issue 5 I, 2004, Pages 1915-1918

  Wyndaele, Jean Jacques ^a,b   Van Meel, Tom David ^a   De Wachter, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bladder; Muscle contraction; Muscles; Sensation; Urinary tract

Indexed keywords

FLAVOXATE; OXYBUTYNIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLADDER DISEASE; BLADDER FILLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOMETRY; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; DETRUSOR OVERACTIVITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY EVALUATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URODYNAMICS; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 5444261303     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000142429.59753.5c     Document Type: Article

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