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Overactive Bladder

Known as: Hyperactivity of bladder, Overactive Urinary Bladder, hypertonic bladder 
Symptom of overactive detrusor muscle of the URINARY BLADDER that contracts with abnormally high frequency and urgency. Overactive bladder is… 
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Urinary nerve growth factor levels are elevated in patients with overactive bladder and do not significantly increase with bladder distention
Urinary nerve growth factor (NGF) levels have been found to be higher in patients with overactive bladder (OAB) compared to… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Symptom‐specific efficacy of tolterodine extended release in patients with overactive bladder: the IMPACT trial
We evaluated the efficacy of tolterodine extended release (ER) for patients’ most bothersome overactive bladder (OAB) symptom in… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
The overactive bladder-symptom composite score: a composite symptom score of toilet voids, urgency severity and urge urinary incontinence in patients with overactive bladder.
PURPOSE To our knowledge there is no index in urology that yields a single, quantifiable and clinically interpretable measure of… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Overactive bladder and painful bladder syndrome: There need not be confusion
Endless possibilities for confusion exist in de¢ning the two symptom complexes, overactive bladder (OAB) and painful bladder… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Effects on sleep of anticholinergics used for overactive bladder treatment in healthy volunteers aged ≥ 50 years
To study the influence of oxybutynin, tolterodine or trospium chloride, anticholinergics used to treat bladder overactivity, on… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Solifenacin is effective for the treatment of OAB dry patients: a pooled analysis.
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Modulation of autonomous contractile activity in the isolated whole bladder of the guinea pig
The over active bladder and bladder outlet obstruction represent clinically significant problems. The first two papers of this… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Urodynamic verification of an overactive bladder is not a prerequisite for antimuscarinic treatment response
To investigate the place of urodynamics in the evaluation of patients with symptoms of the overactive bladder by comparing the… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
Peripheral actions of tachykinins
Tachykinins mediate a variety of physiological processes in the gastrointestinal, pulmonary and genito-urinary tract mainly… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Urinary Incontinence in Elderly Women: Urodynamic Evaluation
The objective of this study is to characterize urinary incontinence observed in elderly women and to assess the importance of… 
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