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Original Article

Endocrine Environment of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Prostate Size and Volume are Correlated with Serum Estrogen Concentration

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Pages 65-68 | Received 07 Sep 1993, Accepted 18 Mar 1994, Published online: 15 Feb 2010

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