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Anomalous renal vasculature: a laparoscopic perspective
Ami Rice1, Amanjot S Sethi, Chandru P Sundaram
1Department of Urology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA.
Journal of Endourology
|August 30, 2008
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