Urology
Volume 75, Issue 5 , Pages 1053-1059 , May 2010

Overactive Bladder Is Not Only Overactive but Also Hypersensitive

Received 18 August 2009 ,Accepted 23 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.10.045

Urology
Volume 75, Issue 5 , Pages 1053-1059 , May 2010

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