Current Research in Balkan Endemic Nephropathy and Associated Urothelial Cancer
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Balkan Endemic Nephropathy and Associated Urothelial Cancer: Current Status and Future Research
_______________________________ Correspondence to: Goce B Spasovski, MD, PhD, Department of Nephrology, Clinical Center Skopje, Vodnjanska 17, 1000 Skopje, Macedonia, Fax: +389 2 3220 935 or +389 2 3231 501, E-mail: [email protected] Balkan Endemic Nephropathy and Associated Urothelial Cancer: Current Status and Future Research V. Stefanovic Institute of Nephrology and Hemodialysis, Faculty of...
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تاریخ انتشار 2008