Urology
Volume 73, Issue 2 , Pages 237-240 , February 2009

Effect of Flexible Cystoscopy on Serum Prostate-Specific Antigen Values

  • Brian J. DeCastro
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  • Karen C. Baker

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Karen Baker, M.D., Department of Urology, Madigan Army Medical Center, 9040A Reid Street, Tacoma, WA 98431

Received 3 June 2008 ,Accepted 4 September 2008.

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 The opinions or assertions contained herein are the private views of the authors and are not to be construed as official or reflecting the views of the Department of the Army or the Department of Defense.

PII: S0090-4295(08)01556-2

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2008.09.011

Urology
Volume 73, Issue 2 , Pages 237-240 , February 2009

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