Patients with microscopic and gross hematuria: Practice and referral patterns among primary care physicians in a universal health care system

Journal of the Canadian Urological Association

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 97-101

  Yafi, Faysal A ^a   Aprikian, Armen G ^a   Tanguay, Simon ^a   Kassouf, Wassim ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 79953286050     PISSN: 19116470     EISSN: 19116470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5489/cuaj.10059     Document Type: Article

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