A case of angiomyolipoma of the renal sinus
โ Scribed by Suguru Shirotake; Ichiro Yoshimura; Takeo Kosaka; Shoji Matsuzaki
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 347 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1342-1751
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