The effects of urinary function and erectile function on the use of mecobalamin after nerve sparing radical prostatectomy

Japanese Journal of Urology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-11

  Matsushita, Mabumi ^a   Nakagawa, Haruo ^a   Namiki, Shunichi ^a   Ikeda, Yoshihiro ^a   Kaiho, Yasuhiro ^a   Kawamorita, Naoki ^a   Ito, Akihiro ^a   Ishidoya, Shigeto ^a   Saito, Seiichi ^a   Arai, Yoichi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mecobalamin; Radical prostatectomy; Urinary function

Indexed keywords

EID: 60549098627     PISSN: 00215287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5980/jpnjurol.100.7     Document Type: Article

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