Urology
Volume 71, Issue 4 , Page 603 , April 2008

Endoscopic Evidence of Autonomous Peristaltic Activity of the Distal Human Ureter

  • Gavin M. Langille
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  • Richard W. Norman

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Richard W. Norman, M.D., F.R.C.S.C., Dalhousie University, Suite 620, 5991 Spring Garden Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 1Y6, Canada.

Received 26 November 2007 ,Accepted 28 November 2007.

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PII: S0090-4295(07)02503-4

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2007.11.112

Urology
Volume 71, Issue 4 , Page 603 , April 2008

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