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Comment
. 2007 Jan;245(1):155.
doi: 10.1097/01.sla.0000250943.83211.f1.

Perioperative radiation for rectal cancer and sexual dysfunction after TME: cause and effect?

Tsuyoshi Konishi, Toshiaki Watanabe, Tomomichi Kiyomatsu, Hirokazu Nagawa
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Perioperative radiation for rectal cancer and sexual dysfunction after TME: cause and effect?

Tsuyoshi Konishi et al. Ann Surg. 2007 Jan.
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