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Xiao-Bing Liu1, Tian-Peng Wu, Yun-Yun Zhan

  • 1Department of Urology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430060, China. gogo30083008@163.com

Zhonghua Nan Ke Xue = National Journal of Andrology
|May 10, 2011
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