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Menopause

Distribution of collagen type VII in connective tissues of postmenopausal stress-incontinent women

Piotr Radziszewski Department of Urology, Warsaw Medical Academy, Warsaw, PolandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Andrzej Borkowski Department of Urology, Warsaw Medical Academy, Warsaw, Poland
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Cezary Torz Department of Urology, Warsaw Medical Academy, Warsaw, Poland
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Agnieszka Bossowska Department of Clinical Physiology, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland
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Slawomir Gonkowski Department of Clinical Physiology, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland
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Mariusz Majewski Department of Clinical Physiology, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland
Pages 121-126 | Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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