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Research Article

Interference Pattern in the Urethral Sphincter: A Quantitative Electromyographic Study in Patients Before and After Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy

Öystein Aanestad, Roland Flink, Michael Häggman, Bo Johan Norlén From the 1Department of Surgery, Karlstad Central Hospital, Karlstad, Sweden, 2Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden and 3Department of Urology, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
Pages 378-382 | Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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