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Acute onset urinary retention and neurogenic bladder: an unusual presenting feature of childhood acute myeloid leukemia

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Panda, P.K., Sharawat, I.K., Tomar, A. et al. Acute onset urinary retention and neurogenic bladder: an unusual presenting feature of childhood acute myeloid leukemia. Acta Neurol Belg 122, 813–816 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-021-01698-y

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