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MB Chancellor is a consultant and an investigator for Allergan. MC Smaldone declared no competing interests.
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Smaldone, M., Chancellor, M. Neuromodulation versus neurotoxin for the treatment of refractory detrusor overactivity: for neurotoxin. Nat Rev Urol 5, 120–121 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpuro1034
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