Emerging technologies to treat female stress urinary incontinence

Current Bladder Dysfunction Reports

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 205-207

  Kong, Wesley G ^b   Rackley, Raymond R ^b   Vasavada, Sandip P ^a  

^a Cleveland Klinik   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 67349178032     PISSN: 19317212     EISSN: 19317220     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11884-008-0030-7     Document Type: Article

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