Assessing Urgency in Interstitial Cystitis/Painful Bladder Syndrome
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Interstitial cystitis: urgency and frequency syndrome.
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عنوان ژورنال: Urology
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0090-4295
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2006.09.053