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Besiroglu, H., Ozbek, E. Letter to the editor regarding the article “Association of benign prostatic hyperplasia and subsequent risk of bladder cancer: an Asian population cohort study”. World J Urol 36, 1795–1796 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00345-018-2271-1
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