Urology
Volume 68, Issue 2 , Pages 428.e5-428.e7 , August 2006

Solitary ureteral metastases of renal cell carcinoma

  • Kevin C. Zorn

      Affiliations

    • Section of Urology, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Kevin C. Zorn, M.D., Section of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, MC6038 J-653, Chicago, IL 60637.
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  • Marcelo A. Orvieto

      Affiliations

    • Section of Urology, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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  • Albert A. Mikhail

      Affiliations

    • Section of Urology, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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  • Tamara Lotan

      Affiliations

    • Section of Pathology, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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  • Glenn S. Gerber

      Affiliations

    • Section of Urology, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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  • Arieh L. Shalhav

      Affiliations

    • Section of Urology, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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  • Gary D. Steinberg

      Affiliations

    • Section of Urology, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Received 9 December 2005 ,Accepted 8 March 2006.

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PII: S0090-4295(06)00356-6

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2006.03.012

Urology
Volume 68, Issue 2 , Pages 428.e5-428.e7 , August 2006

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