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Comparison of solifenacin and fesoterodine in treatment of overactive bladder

Önder Ercan, Bülent Köstü, Murat Bakacak, Yusuf Aytaç-Tohma, Bora Çoşkun, Fazıl Avcı and Erkan Efe
Saudi Medical Journal October 2015, 36 (10) 1181-1185; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.10.12016
Önder Ercan
From the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Ercan, Köstü, Bakacak), Urology (Efe), School of Medicine, Kahramanmaraş Sütçü Imam University, Kahramanmaraş, and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Aytaç-Tohma), Konya Hospital, Baskent University, Konya, and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Çoşkun), Etlik Zübeyde Hanım Women’s Health Teaching and Research Hospital, Ankara, and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Avcı), Patnos State Hospital, Ağrı, Turkey
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Bülent Köstü
From the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Ercan, Köstü, Bakacak), Urology (Efe), School of Medicine, Kahramanmaraş Sütçü Imam University, Kahramanmaraş, and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Aytaç-Tohma), Konya Hospital, Baskent University, Konya, and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Çoşkun), Etlik Zübeyde Hanım Women’s Health Teaching and Research Hospital, Ankara, and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Avcı), Patnos State Hospital, Ağrı, Turkey
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Murat Bakacak
From the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Ercan, Köstü, Bakacak), Urology (Efe), School of Medicine, Kahramanmaraş Sütçü Imam University, Kahramanmaraş, and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Aytaç-Tohma), Konya Hospital, Baskent University, Konya, and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Çoşkun), Etlik Zübeyde Hanım Women’s Health Teaching and Research Hospital, Ankara, and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Avcı), Patnos State Hospital, Ağrı, Turkey
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Yusuf Aytaç-Tohma
From the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Ercan, Köstü, Bakacak), Urology (Efe), School of Medicine, Kahramanmaraş Sütçü Imam University, Kahramanmaraş, and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Aytaç-Tohma), Konya Hospital, Baskent University, Konya, and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Çoşkun), Etlik Zübeyde Hanım Women’s Health Teaching and Research Hospital, Ankara, and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Avcı), Patnos State Hospital, Ağrı, Turkey
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Bora Çoşkun
From the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Ercan, Köstü, Bakacak), Urology (Efe), School of Medicine, Kahramanmaraş Sütçü Imam University, Kahramanmaraş, and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Aytaç-Tohma), Konya Hospital, Baskent University, Konya, and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Çoşkun), Etlik Zübeyde Hanım Women’s Health Teaching and Research Hospital, Ankara, and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Avcı), Patnos State Hospital, Ağrı, Turkey
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Fazıl Avcı
From the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Ercan, Köstü, Bakacak), Urology (Efe), School of Medicine, Kahramanmaraş Sütçü Imam University, Kahramanmaraş, and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Aytaç-Tohma), Konya Hospital, Baskent University, Konya, and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Çoşkun), Etlik Zübeyde Hanım Women’s Health Teaching and Research Hospital, Ankara, and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Avcı), Patnos State Hospital, Ağrı, Turkey
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Erkan Efe
From the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Ercan, Köstü, Bakacak), Urology (Efe), School of Medicine, Kahramanmaraş Sütçü Imam University, Kahramanmaraş, and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Aytaç-Tohma), Konya Hospital, Baskent University, Konya, and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Çoşkun), Etlik Zübeyde Hanım Women’s Health Teaching and Research Hospital, Ankara, and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Avcı), Patnos State Hospital, Ağrı, Turkey
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