Urology
Volume 68, Issue 3 , Pages 575-577 , September 2006

Impact of Parkinson’s disease on continence after radical prostatectomy

  • Jonathan C. Routh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Jonathan C. Routh, M.D., Department of Urology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street, Southwest, Rochester, MN 55901.
    • ,
  • Christopher R. Crimmins

      Affiliations

    • Lawton Urology Associates, Lawton, Oklahoma
    • ,
  • Bradley C. Leibovich

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
    • ,
  • Daniel S. Elliott

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Received 18 October 2005 ,Accepted 13 March 2006.

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PII: S0090-4295(06)00369-4

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2006.03.025

Urology
Volume 68, Issue 3 , Pages 575-577 , September 2006

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