TURKISH JOURNAL OF UROLOGY, cilt.34, sa.3, ss.345-353, 2008 (ESCI)
Introduction: Urgency, frequent urination and daytime urinary incontinence are common complaint in children, however, this clinical folio has been recently defined as overactive bladder syndrome (OAB) in children. The prevailing thought of the possibility of childhood OAB complaints might precede adulthood OAB complaints has boostered the interest in OAB in childhood once again. In this review, a brand-new synthesis has been aimed by comparing novel and classical theories on OAB and its pathophysiology in childhood to adulthood.