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A Murine Model of Irreversible and Reversible Unilateral Ureteric Obstruction
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A Murine Model of Irreversible and Reversible Unilateral Ureteric Obstruction

Published on: December 20, 2014

Ureteral obstruction secondary to acute sigmoid diverticulitis

R Ruggiero, T F Nealon

    Urology
    |January 1, 1982
    PubMed

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