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Cauda equina syndrome: an uncommon cause of urinary retention in a young woman

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  1. Department of Gynaecology, South Metropolitan Health Service, 11 Robin Warren Drive, Murdoch, 6150, WA, Australia

    Angamuthu Arunkalaivanan

  2. Department of Radiology, South Metropolitan Health Service, 11 Robin Warren Drive, Murdoch, 6150, WA, Australia

    Vinicius Carraro do Nascimento

  3. Department of Neurology, South Metropolitan Health Service, 11 Robin Warren Drive, Murdoch, 6150, WA, Australia

    Merrilee Needham

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Arunkalaivanan, A., do Nascimento, V.C. & Needham, M. Cauda equina syndrome: an uncommon cause of urinary retention in a young woman. Int Urogynecol J 27, 1121–1123 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00192-016-2971-2

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