Interstitial cystitis - A urogynecologic perspective

Contemporary Ob-Gyn

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 119-130

  Sant, Grannum R ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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