Metal Stents in the Urinary Tract
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Evangelos N. Liatsikos *, Dimitrios Karnabatidis , George C. Kagadis , Paraskevi F. Katsakiori , Jens-Uwe Stolzenburg , George C. Nikiforidis , Petros Perimenis , Dimitrios Siablis b Department of Urology, University of Patras, School of Medicine, Patras, Greece Department of Radiology, University of Patras, School of Medicine, Patras, Greece Department of Medical Physics, University of Patras, School of Medicine, Patras, Greece Department of Urology, University of Leipzig, Germany avai lab le at www.sciencedi rect .com journa l homepage: www.europeanurology.com
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