Urology
Volume 68, Issue 6 , Pages 1175-1177 , December 2006

Right laparoscopic donor nephrectomy: The Washington Hospital Center experience

  • Eric K. Diner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Eric K. Diner, M.D., Department of Urology, Washington Hospital Center, 110 Irving Street, Northwest, Room 3B-19, Washington, DC 20010.
    • ,
  • Bartholomew Radolinski

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC
    • ,
  • Jonah D. Murdock

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC
    • ,
  • S. Reza Ghasemian

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC
    • Department of Transplantation, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC

Received 17 February 2006 ,Accepted 17 August 2006.

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PII: S0090-4295(06)02071-1

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2006.08.1076

Urology
Volume 68, Issue 6 , Pages 1175-1177 , December 2006

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