Urology
Volume 64, Issue 2 , Pages 246-249 , August 2004

Risk factors for skin breakdown after renal and adrenal surgery

  • Jennifer Stevens

      Affiliations

    • Urologic Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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  • Erika Nichelson

      Affiliations

    • Urologic Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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  • W.Marston Linehan

      Affiliations

    • Urologic Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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  • Nancy Thompson

      Affiliations

    • Urologic Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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  • David Liewehr

      Affiliations

    • Biostatistics and Data Management Section, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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  • David Venzon

      Affiliations

    • Biostatistics and Data Management Section, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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  • McClellan M Walther

      Affiliations

    • Urologic Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: McClellan M. Walther, M.D., Urologic Oncology Branch, DCS, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive, MSC 1502, Building 10, Room 2B-43, Bethesda, MD 20892-1502, USA

Received 10 October 2003 ,Accepted 11 March 2004.

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PII: S0090-4295(04)00341-3

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2004.03.024

Urology
Volume 64, Issue 2 , Pages 246-249 , August 2004

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