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... > Urogenital Diseases > Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications > Female Urogenital Diseases > Urologic Diseases > Urinary Bladder Diseases > Urinary Bladder, Overactive
Urogenital Diseases > Male Urogenital Diseases > Urologic Diseases > Urinary Bladder Diseases > Urinary Bladder, Overactive
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Signs and Symptoms > Urological Manifestations > Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms > Urinary Bladder, Overactive

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Urinary Bladder, Overactive  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Bladder, Overactive
  • Overactive Bladder
  • Overactive Urinary Bladder

Scope note

  • Symptom of overactive detrusor muscle of the URINARY BLADDER that contracts with abnormally high frequency and urgency. Overactive bladder is characterized by the frequent feeling of needing to urinate during the day, during the night, or both. URINARY INCONTINENCE may or may not be present.

History note

  • 2007; for OVERACTIVE BLADDER use URINARY INCONTINENCE 2005-2006

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D053201

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