Urology
Volume 65, Issue 4 , Pages 773-777 , April 2005

Effect of neonatal circumcision on penile neurologic sensation

  • Clifford B. Bleustein

      Affiliations

    • Urology Specialty Care, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
    • A. Melman and C. Bleustein are owners of Neurotest, LLC.
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Clifford Bleustein, M.D., Urology Specialty Care, P.A., 630 East Palisade Avenue, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632.
    • ,
  • James D. Fogarty

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, USA
    • ,
  • Haftan Eckholdt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Yeshiva University Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA
    • ,
  • Joseph C. Arezzo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Yeshiva University Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA
    • Department of Neuroscience, Yeshiva University Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA
    • ,
  • Arnold Melman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, USA
    • A. Melman and C. Bleustein are owners of Neurotest, LLC.

Received 20 September 2004 ,Accepted 3 November 2004.

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PII: S0090-4295(04)01343-3

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2004.11.007

Urology
Volume 65, Issue 4 , Pages 773-777 , April 2005

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