The Journal of Urology
Volume 181, Issue 2 , Pages 472-479 , February 2009

How to Use a Clinical Practice Guideline

  • Philipp Dahm

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Department of Urology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Health Science Center, Box 100247, Room M2-204, Gainesville, Florida 32610-0247 (telephone: 352-273-6815; FAX: 352-273-7515)
    • Equal study contribution.
    • ,
  • Lawrence L. Yeung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
    • Equal study contribution.
    • ,
  • Michele Gallucci

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Italian National Cancer Institute Regina Elena, Rome, Italy
    • ,
  • Giuseppe Simone

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
    • ,
  • Holger J. Schünemann

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Italian National Cancer Institute Regina Elena, Rome, Italy

Received 5 August 2008

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 Nothing to disclose.

 Editor's Note: This article is the second of 5 published in this issue for which category 1 CME credits can be earned. Instructions for obtaining credits are given with the questions on pages 928 and 929.

PII: S0022-5347(08)02727-4

doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.10.041

The Journal of Urology
Volume 181, Issue 2 , Pages 472-479 , February 2009

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