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Editorial
. 2004 May 27;350(22):2292-4.
doi: 10.1056/NEJMe048003.

Prostate cancers in men with low PSA levels--must we find them?

H Ballentine Carter
Editorial

Prostate cancers in men with low PSA levels--must we find them?

H Ballentine Carter. N Engl J Med. .
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