Botulinum Toxin Use in the Lower Urinary Tract

Botulinum toxins are well known for their ability to disrupt neurotransmission and cause muscle paralysis. Recently, urologists have discovered their beneficial effects in patients with neurogenic and overactive bladder conditions. This review is intended to provide a quick overview for urologists o...

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Autores principales: Morrisroe, Shelby N., Chancellor, Michael B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: TheScientificWorldJOURNAL 2007
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5901225/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17619764
http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2007.150
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description Botulinum toxins are well known for their ability to disrupt neurotransmission and cause muscle paralysis. Recently, urologists have discovered their beneficial effects in patients with neurogenic and overactive bladder conditions. This review is intended to provide a quick overview for urologists of the structure, function, and clinical uses of botulinum neurotoxin A in the lower urinary tract.
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spelling pubmed-59012252018-06-03 Botulinum Toxin Use in the Lower Urinary Tract Morrisroe, Shelby N. Chancellor, Michael B. ScientificWorldJournal Review Article Botulinum toxins are well known for their ability to disrupt neurotransmission and cause muscle paralysis. Recently, urologists have discovered their beneficial effects in patients with neurogenic and overactive bladder conditions. This review is intended to provide a quick overview for urologists of the structure, function, and clinical uses of botulinum neurotoxin A in the lower urinary tract. TheScientificWorldJOURNAL 2007-03-30 /pmc/articles/PMC5901225/ /pubmed/17619764 http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2007.150 Text en Copyright © 2007 Shelby N. Morrisroe and Michael B. Chancellor. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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