Efficacy and Safety of Ho : YAG Laser Lithotripsy for ureteroscopic removal of 1 proximal and distal
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Wael Khoder, Markus Bader, Ronald Sroka, Christian Stief, Raphaela 4 Waidelich 5 6 7 1 Department of Urology, University Hospital Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians 8 University, Munich, Germany 9 10 2 Laser Research Laboratory/ LIFE Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, 11 Germany 12 13 ᴥ Shared first authorship 14 15 16
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