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## Abstract ## Aims To test whether nerve growth factor (NGF) concentration in human bladder urothelium/suburothelium is related to detrusor overactivity (DO), bladder sensation, detrusor contractility, or other aspects of lower urinary tract function. ## Materials and Methods Concentration of NGF was measured (using ELISA) in superficial bladder biopsies from 27 women (mean age 52 years, range 22–82) after comprehensive videourodynamics and bladder diary. Approximately half (12/27) showed clear DO and half did not. ## Results There was no evidence for increased NGF concentration in subjects with DO (association negative by Mann–Whitney test, __P__ = 0.23). NGF was not significantly associated with two measures of detrusor contractility (Spearman's r = −0.29, __P__ = 0.17; r = −0.20, __P__ = 0.33); nor with four measures inversely related to sensation: volume at strong desire to void and maximum capacity on cystometry (r = −0.13, __P__ = 0.53; r = −0.23, __P__ = 0.28), and maximum voided volume and mean daytime voided volume on bladder diary (r = −0.29, __P__ = 0.16; r = −0.16, __P__ = 0.44). It was significantly associated with 24‐hr urine output on bladder diary (Spearman's r = −

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Author

Lori A. Birder; Amanda Wolf-Johnston; Derek Griffiths; Neil M. Resnick

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0733-2467)

Published

2007

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)