Intravesical Protrusion of the Prostate as a Predictive Method of
Bladder Outlet Obstruction
Leonardo O. Reis, Guilherme C. Barreiro, Jamal Baracat, Alessandro Prudente, Carlos A. D’Ancona
Division of Urology, School of Medicine, University of Campinas, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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INTRODUCTION
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