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01-02-2018 | Letter to the Editor

Super-, perfect-, ultra-, micro-, mini-, …: does anybody benefit from miniaturized percutaneous nephrolithotomy?

Author: Thomas Knoll

Published in: World Journal of Urology | Issue 2/2018

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Dear Editor, …

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Title: Super-, perfect-, ultra-, micro-, mini-, …: does anybody benefit from miniaturized percutaneous nephrolithotomy?
Author: Thomas Knoll
Publication date: 01-02-2018
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: World Journal of Urology / Issue 2/2018
Print ISSN: 0724-4983
Electronic ISSN: 1433-8726
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00345-017-2120-7

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