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Urology

Prostate cancer diagnosed after prostate-specific antigen testing of men without clinical signs of the disease: A population-based study from the National Prostate Cancer Register of Sweden

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Pages 384-390 | Received 09 Feb 2010, Accepted 28 May 2010, Published online: 13 Jul 2010

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