Urology
Volume 75, Issue 5 , Pages 1162-1164 , May 2010

Genitourinary Injuries in Pediatric All-terrain Vehicle Trauma—A Mechanistic Relationship?

  • Chase Kluemper

      Affiliations

    • Department of Behavioral Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Chase Kluemper, B.S., Department of Behavioral Science, Residential Research Facility, University of Kentucky, 1401 Nicholasville Rd, Lexington KY 40503
    • ,
  • Aimee Rogers

      Affiliations

    • Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, West Virginia University Health Sciences Center, Morgantown, West Virginia
    • ,
  • Mary Fallat

      Affiliations

    • Kosair Children's Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky
    • Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
    • ,
  • Andrew C. Bernard

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky

Received 1 May 2009 ,Accepted 7 August 2009.

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PII: S0090-4295(09)02519-9

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.08.068

Urology
Volume 75, Issue 5 , Pages 1162-1164 , May 2010

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