Overactive bladder: A review and update
- Authors:
- Ioan Scarneciu
- Sorin Lupu
- Ovidiu Gabriel Bratu
- Andreea Teodorescu
- Laurian Stefan Maxim
- Adrian Brinza
- Alexandru Georgian Laculiceanu
- Ruxandra Maria Rotaru
- Aura-Mihaela Lupu
- Camelia Cornelia Scarneciu
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Affiliations: Department of Medical and Surgical Specialities, Faculty of Medicine, ‘Transilvania’ University of Brasov, 500019 Brasov, Romania, Clinic of Urology, Brasov Emergency Clinical County Hospital, 500326 Brasov, Romania, Clinical Department 3, ‘Carol Davila’ University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 050474 Bucharest, Romania, Department of Fundamental, Prophylactic and Clinical Disciplines, Faculty of Medicine, ‘Transilvania’ University of Brasov, 500019 Brasov, Romania, Department of Radiology, Brasov CF General Hospital, 500097 Brasov, Romania - Published online on: October 14, 2021 https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2021.10879
- Article Number: 1444
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