Urology
Volume 72, Issue 5 , Pages 1018-1021 , November 2008

Single-Institutional Study on Role of Ureteroscopy and Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery in Treatment of Pediatric Renal Calculi

Received 12 February 2008 ,Accepted 21 March 2008.

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PII: S0090-4295(08)00634-1

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2008.03.065

Urology
Volume 72, Issue 5 , Pages 1018-1021 , November 2008

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