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Nature Clinical Practice Urology (2006) 3, 460
doi:10.1038/ncpuro0570  

Pediatric detrusor overactivity can be treated with botulinum A toxin

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Botulinum type A toxin (BTX-A) has been successfully used to treat detrusor overactivity in adults, but its efficacy in children is unknown. Its safety in the treatment of other pediatric disorders, however, has been proven. As detrusor overactivity is common in children, Hoebeke et al. tested the effectiveness of BTX-A in the treatment of pediatric, therapy-resistant, non-neurogenic detrusor overactivity.

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