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Drug Evaluations

The evaluation of apomorphine for the treatment of erectile dysfunction

, MBChB MRCSEd, , MBChB & , MA MChir FRCS(Urol) FEBU
Pages 1447-1453 | Published online: 24 Sep 2012

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