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The overactive bladder: a nursing perspective.

Diane Kaschak Newman·Donna Giovannini
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Symptoms of urgency and increased frequency of micturition and nocturia, with or without urge incontinence, are the hallmarks of a condition that afflicts millions of Americans. Several new drug therapies, as well as behavioral approaches, provide keys to management.

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Diane Kaschak Newman, Donna Giovannini. 2002. The overactive bladder: a nursing perspective.. https://doi.org/10.1097/00000446-200206000-00042

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