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D-H Zermann¹, W Hoffmann², U Otto³

¹Fachklinik für Urologie, Uroonkologie und Nephrologie, Rehabilitationszentrum Vogtland-Klinik Bad Elster, Forststraße 3, Bad Elster, Deutschland. dh.zermann@vogtland-klinik.de.

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