Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 469-472 , September 2010

Defining sexual function after radical retropubic prostatectomy

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doi: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2010.01.007

Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 469-472 , September 2010

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