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Psychological Aspects of Screening in Families with Hereditary Prostate Cancer

Ola Bratt Unit for Urology, Helsingborg Hospital, Helsingborg, Sweden
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Monica Emanuelsson Department of Oncology, Umeå University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden
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Henrik Grönberg Department of Urology, Helsingborg Hospital, SE-251 87 Helsingborg, Sweden. Tel: +46 42 101490; Fax: +46 42 242731; E-mail: [email protected]
Pages 5-9 | Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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