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Original Article

Symptomatic urinary tract infection in women in primary health care: Bacteriological, clinical and diagnostic aspects in relation to host response to infection

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Pages 122-128 | Received 01 Sep 1994, Accepted 01 Oct 1995, Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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