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Botulinum toxin for overactive bladder: reaching a happy median

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boxed-textPopat R et al. (2005) A comparison between the response of patients with idiopathic detrusor overactivity and neurogenic detrusor overactivity to the first intradetrusor injection of botulinum-A toxin. J Urol 174: 984–989

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