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Volume 3, Issue 1 , Pages 36-38 , January 2010

Subcutaneous mercury injection into scrotum: Case report and review of the literature

James Ansell
- Speciality Trainee 1 (Surgery in General), Severn Deanery, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, United Kingdom
- Corresponding author.
Ramesh Thurairaja
- Specialist Registrar in Urology, Department of Urology, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, United Kingdom
Emmanuel Johnson
- Clinical Research Fellow in Urology, Department of Urology, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, United Kingdom
Petros Tsafrakidis
- Clinical Research Fellow in Urology, Department of Urology, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, United Kingdom
Richard Pearcy
- Consultant Urological Surgeon, Department of Urology, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, United Kingdom
Raj Persad
- Consultant Urological Surgeon, Department of Urology, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, United Kingdom
Timothy Whittlestone
- Consultant Urological Surgeon, Department of Urology, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, United Kingdom

Received 15 June 2009 ,Accepted 20 June 2009.

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