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Chapter 3 - Pathology of the urethra

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2016

Antonio Lopez-Beltran
Affiliation:
Universidad de Córdoba, Spain
Rodolfo Montironi
Affiliation:
Università degli Studi di Ancona, Italy
Liang Cheng
Affiliation:
Indiana University School of Medicine
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Pathology of the Urinary Bladder
An Algorithmic Approach
, pp. 176 - 186
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2000

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