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Comment
. 2017 Mar;71(3):494-495.
doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2016.11.008. Epub 2016 Nov 16.

Re: Vasectomy and Prostate Cancer Incidence and Mortality in a Large US Cohort

Pratik Kanabur  1 , Jason M Scovell  2 , Ranjith Ramasamy  3
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Comment

Re: Vasectomy and Prostate Cancer Incidence and Mortality in a Large US Cohort

Pratik Kanabur et al. Eur Urol. 2017 Mar.
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