Review

Nature Clinical Practice Urology (2008) 5, 319-328
doi:10.1038/ncpuro1124  
Received 8 November 2007 | Accepted 26 March 2008 | Published online: 6 May 2008

Drug Insight: biological effects of botulinum toxin A in the lower urinary tract

Michael B Chancellor*, Clare J Fowler, Apostolos Apostolidis, William C de Groat, Christopher P Smith, George T Somogyi and K Roger Aoki

Correspondence *Department of Urology, William Beaumont Hospital, 438 Medical Office Building, 3535 W. 13 Mile Road, Royal Oak, MI 48073, USA

Email
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There has been increasing interest in the use of botulinum toxins for urological disorders because they have shown effective modulation in striated muscle. In this Review, Chancellor and colleagues look at the experimental evidence for the use of botulinum toxin type A in the lower urinary tract.

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