Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of recurrent urinary tract infection in women

Journal of the Canadian Urological Association

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 316-322

  Dason, Shawn ^a   Dason, Jeyapandy T ^a   Kapoor, Anil ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 80053931997     PISSN: 19116470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5489/cuaj.11214     Document Type: Article

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