Urology
Volume 54, Issue 6 , Pages 1088-1091 , December 1999

Partial nephrectomy for centrally located tumors

  • David Y Chan

      Affiliations

    • James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    • ,
  • Fray F Marshall

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Fray F. Marshall, M.D., Department of Urology, Emory University Hospital, 1365 Clifton Road Northeast, Building A, Room 3225, Atlanta, GA 30322

Received 3 March 1999 ,Revised 27 July 1999 ,Accepted 27 July 1999.

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Urology
Volume 54, Issue 6 , Pages 1088-1091 , December 1999

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