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ManAgement of pRiapiSm and its impact on outcomes: an international register (MARS study) – the first international, multicenter, observational study regarding priapism in perspective

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Fig. 1: ManAgement of pRiapiSm and its impact on outcomes: an international register.

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The datasets generated during the current study are available in Castor® repository and easily accessible to every center that would like to participate this large prospective study by emailing giorgioivan.russo@unict.it to ask for participation and receive registration account.

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We would like to thank the European Association of Urology Research Foundation for its financial and scientific support.

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Conceptualization and methodology: GIR; validation, all authors; formal analysis, all authors; investigation, all authors; data curation, all authors; writing-original draft preparation: MGA; writing-review and editing, all authors; visualization, all authors; supervision: GIR; project administration, GIR. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

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Asmundo, M.G., Russo, G.I. ManAgement of pRiapiSm and its impact on outcomes: an international register (MARS study) – the first international, multicenter, observational study regarding priapism in perspective. Int J Impot Res (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41443-024-00849-y

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