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Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms

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The lower urinary tract consists of interrelated structures including the bladder, urethra, smooth, and striated sphincters, pelvic floor muscles, and the prostate gland in men with a common function of providing effective urinary storage and voluntary urinary expulsion. These functions are achieved in two discrete phases of micturition [1].

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    Amy M. Pearlman & Ariana L. Smith

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Pearlman, A.M., Smith, A.L., Wein, A.J. (2016). Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms. In: Guzzo, T., Drach, G., Wein, A. (eds) Primer of Geriatric Urology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-4928-1_10

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