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Original Articles

High-grade non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer: Is re-resection necessary in all patients before intravesical bacillus Calmette–Guérin treatment?

Pages 363-369 | Received 08 Oct 2012, Accepted 21 Jan 2013, Published online: 11 Feb 2013

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