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01-04-2018 | Letter to the Editor

Reply to letter to editor regarding: LHRH analog therapy is associated with worse metabolic side effects than bilateral orchiectomy in prostate cancer

Authors: Marcel Cabral Cognette, Andreza Vargas da Silva, Roberto Dias Machado, Eliney Ferreira Faria

Published in: World Journal of Urology | Issue 4/2018

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Dear Dr. Editors-in-Chief: M. Burchardt and A. de la Taille, …

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Title: Reply to letter to editor regarding: LHRH analog therapy is associated with worse metabolic side effects than bilateral orchiectomy in prostate cancer
Authors: Marcel Cabral Cognette
Andreza Vargas da Silva
Roberto Dias Machado
Eliney Ferreira Faria
Publication date: 01-04-2018
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: World Journal of Urology / Issue 4/2018
Print ISSN: 0724-4983
Electronic ISSN: 1433-8726
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00345-018-2226-6

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Reply to letter to editor regarding: LHRH analog therapy is associated with worse metabolic side effects than bilateral orchiectomy in prostate cancer

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