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Original Article

Relationship between benign prostatic hyperplasia and lower urinary tract symptoms and correlation between prostate volume and serum prostate-specific antigen in clinical routine

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Pages 154-159 | Received 27 Apr 2004, Accepted 15 Oct 2004, Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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