Assessment of the performance of the American Urological Association symptom score in 2 distinct patient populations.

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Published in J Urol on November 14, 2008

Authors

Timothy V Johnson1, Evan D Schoenberg, Ammara Abbasi, Samantha S Ehrlich, Renee Kleris, Ashli Owen-Smith, Kristin Gunderson, Viraj A Master

Author Affiliations

1: School of Medicine Department of Urology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

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