The Journal of Urology
Volume 160, Issue 3, Part 1 , Pages 802-806 , September 1998

PROGNOSTIC INDICATORS IN PATIENTS WITH SEMINAL VESICLE INVOLVEMENT FOLLOWING RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY FOR CLINICALLY LOCALIZED PROSTATE CANCER

,Accepted 3 April 1998.

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The Journal of Urology
Volume 160, Issue 3, Part 1 , Pages 802-806 , September 1998

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