Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 39-47 , January 2009

Imaging in Diagnosis, Treatment, and Follow-Up of Stone Patients

  • Mrinal Dhar

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Mrinal Dhar, MD, Division of Urology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario, 268 Grosvenor Street, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 4V2.
    • ,
  • John D. Denstedt

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doi: 10.1053/j.ackd.2008.10.005

Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 39-47 , January 2009

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