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Ithaar H. Derweesh
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Riccardo Autorino
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Urology Department, Instituto Valenciano Oncologia, Valencia, Spain
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Department of Urology, UC San Diego Health System, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth
University Health Center, Richmond, VA, USA
*Corresponding author. Division of Urology, VCU Medical Center,
1200 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23298, USA.
E-mail address:
ricautor@gmail.com(R. Autorino).
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