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The diagnosis of urinary ‘infection’ in old people

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

JE Clague  and
MA Horan
JE Clague*
Affiliation:
University Hospital of South Manchester, Manchester, UK
MA Horan
Affiliation:
University Hospital of South Manchester, Manchester, UK
*
Department of Geriatric Medicine, Research and Teaching Building, University Hospital of South Manchester, Nell Lane, Manchester M20 2LR, UK.
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Clinical geriatrics
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 6 , Issue 3 , August 1996 , pp. 225 - 230
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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