Urology
Volume 59, Issue 6 , Pages 831-834 , June 2002

Impact of renal cryoablation on urine composition

  • Christopher S Ng

      Affiliations

    • Section of Laparoscopic and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Urological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
    • ,
  • Inderbir S Gill

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Inderbir S. Gill, M.D., M.Ch., Section of Laparoscopic and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Urological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Desk A-100, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
    • Section of Laparoscopic and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Urological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Received 2 November 2001 ,Revised 16 January 2002 ,Accepted 16 January 2002.

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Urology
Volume 59, Issue 6 , Pages 831-834 , June 2002

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