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Overactive bladder: drug therapy versus nerve stimulation

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  1. Department of Urology at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center,

    Apurba S Pathak & Sherif R Aboseif

  2. Director of Neurourology & Reconstructive Surgery,

    Apurba S Pathak & Sherif R Aboseif

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DETRUSOR OVERACTIVITY (DO)

Involuntary detrusor muscle contractions during the filling phase; may be spontaneous or provoked

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Pathak, A., Aboseif, S. Overactive bladder: drug therapy versus nerve stimulation. Nat Rev Urol 2, 310–311 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpuro0227

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