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The Italian andrology patient is changing. Broader cultural knowledge is needed!

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  1. Department of Urology—Policlinico San Martino Hospital, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

    Guglielmo Mantica, Aldo Franco De Rose, Francesca Ambrosini, Felice Durand & Carlo Terrone

  2. Department of Urology, San Paolo Hospital, Savona, Italy

    Fabrizio Gallo

  3. Department of Urology—San Raffaele Turro Hospital, San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy

    Franco Gaboardi

  4. Department of Urology, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Academic Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa

    André Van der Merwe

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Mantica, G., De Rose, A.F., Ambrosini, F. et al. The Italian andrology patient is changing. Broader cultural knowledge is needed!. Int J Impot Res 33, 572–573 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41443-020-0280-2

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