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. 1996 Jan 13;312(7023):103–107. doi: 10.1136/bmj.312.7023.103

Intermittent catheterisation: simple, safe, and effective but underused.

G M Hunt 1, P Oakeshott 1, R H Whitaker 1
PMCID: PMC2349752  PMID: 8555894

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