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Old wine in new bottles?

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  1. Department of Urology, Asklepios Hospital Barmbek, Rübenkamp 220, 22291, Hamburg, Germany

    Christopher Netsch & Benedikt Becker

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CN: project development, data collection, manuscript writing, data analysis and interpretation. BB: project development, data collection, manuscript writing, data analysis and interpretation.

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Netsch, C., Becker, B. Old wine in new bottles?. World J Urol 37, 391–392 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00345-018-2489-y

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