Abstract
The clinical symptom complex herein described refers to female patients who have been thoroughly screened to exclude vesical motor dysfunction (bladder instability) as well as both generalised (e.g. systemic lupus erythematosus) and local (e.g. trauma, tumour, irradiation injury or urinary infection) disease.
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George, N.J.R. (1986). Urethral Syndrome—Clinical Features. In: George, N.J.R., Gosling, J.A. (eds) Sensory Disorders of the Bladder and Urethra. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1392-8_11
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