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Kozlov S.N.

Department of clinical pharmacology Smolensk State Medical Academyy

Korolev S.V.

Institut khirurgii im. A.V. Vishnevskogo Ministerstva zdravookhraneniia i sotsial'nogo razvitiia Rossiĭskoĭ Federatsii

Andreeva I.V.

Institute of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Smolensk State Medical Academy

Stetsiuk O.U.

Department of clinical pharmacology Smolensk State Medical Academyy

Contemporary approach to the management of non-gonococcal urethritis in men

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Kozlov S.N., Korolev S.V., Andreeva I.V., Stetsiuk O.U.

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Kozlov SN, Korolev SV, Andreeva IV, Stetsiuk OU. Contemporary approach to the management of non-gonococcal urethritis in men. Russian Journal of Clinical Dermatology and Venereology. 2011;9(2):7‑19. (In Russ.)

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