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A diagnosis of the urethral syndrome requires prior urodynamic investigation as bladder stability cannot be accurately predicted by symptoms alone (Shepherd et al. 1982). In a number of patients bladder instability or genuine stress incontinence may occur in association with the urethral syndrome and the urodynamic picture in such cases is likely to be complex, see p. 93. In an effort to identify the urodynamic pattern that characterises the uncomplicated syndrome this account deals with a study on 16 younger women in whom other abnormalities of the lower urinary tract were absent. The mean age of the patients was 26 years but nevertheless in most cases symptoms had been present for a number of years prior to investigation.
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George, N.J.R. (1986). Urethral Syndrome—Urodynamic Studies. 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_13
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