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Volume 41, Issue 5 , Pages 504-508 , November 2007

The Psychosocial Impact of Bladder Exstrophy in Adolescence

Christine J. Wilson, D.Clin.Psych.
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychological Services, University College London Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Nancy Pistrang, Ph.D.
- Sub-Department of Clinical Health Psychology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
Christopher R.J. Woodhouse, M.B., FRCS, FEBU
- The Institute of Urology and Nephrology, University College, London, United Kingdom
Deborah Christie, Ph.D.
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychological Services, University College London Hospital, London, United Kingdom
- Address correspondence to: Deborah Christie, Ph.D., Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychological Services, University College London Hospital, 250 Euston Road, London, NW1 2PG, United Kingdom.

Received 2 January 2007 ,Accepted 29 May 2007.

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