Radiation exposure during endoscopic procedures to treat urinary tract stones: impact of patients’ and stones’ characteristics
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عنوان ژورنال: European Urology Open Science
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2666-1683
DOI: 10.1016/s2666-1683(20)35406-9