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Survey of Symptom Burden in Women with Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections

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The authors would like to express their thanks to Drs William A. Dabbs, Jr, and Lisa Murray. This work was supported by an unrestricted grant from Bayer Pharmaceuticals Corporation, West Haven, CT, USA.

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  1. Department of Family Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 22 South Greene Street, Baltimore, Maryland, 21201, USA

    Richard Colgan & Macaya Dougouih

  2. Bayer Pharmaceuticals Corporation, West Haven, Connecticut, USA

    Karen Keating

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Colgan, R., Keating, K. & Dougouih, M. Survey of Symptom Burden in Women with Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections. Clin. Drug Investig. 24, 55–60 (2004). https://doi.org/10.2165/00044011-200424010-00007

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