Refractory overactive bladder: a common problem?
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Electromotive drug administration for treatment of therapy-refractory overactive bladder.
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عنوان ژورنال: International Urogynecology Journal
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0937-3462,1433-3023
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-015-2674-0