From FUS to Pandora syndrome: where are we, how did we get here, and where to now?

ABSTRACT:

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NEW CONCEPTS: Ideas about the causes of lower urinary tract signs (LUTS) in cats have changed significantly in the past 40 years. Recent research is challenging the conventional view that the bladder is always the perpetrator of LUTS, and suggests that the bladder can also be one victim of a systemic process associated with a sensitized central stress response system.

Aim

In this article the authors provide their perspective on the implications of these findings for the diagnosis and treatment of cats with LUTS, provide some historical context, and suggest ways that the veterinary profession might work together to better understand the disorders underlying these signs, and possibly reduce their prevalence.

SUBMITTER: Tony Buffington CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11104043 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature