Urology
Volume 63, Issue 1 , Pages 163-166 , January 2004

Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy for pediatric recipients: outcomes analysis

  • Harrison M. Abrahams

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco, California, USA
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  • Maxwell V. Meng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco, California, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Maxwell V. Meng, M.D., Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, 400 Parnassus Avenue, Box 0738, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
    • ,
  • Chris E. Freise

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco, California, USA
    • ,
  • Marshall L. Stoller

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco, California, USA

Received 14 July 2003 ,Accepted 11 September 2003.

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PII: S0090-4295(03)01031-8

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2003.09.043

Urology
Volume 63, Issue 1 , Pages 163-166 , January 2004

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