title: Microscopic hematuria in women.
authors: From the Section of Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island; Women and Infants' Hospital of Rhode Island, Providence, Rhode Island; and the Division of Urology, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
authors: Elisabeth A
authors: EA
authors: Erekson
authors: Megan D
authors: MD
authors: McMahon
authors: Bernard A
authors: BA
authors: Moule
authors: Charles R
authors: CR
authors: Rardin
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