Symptomatic Lymphocele After Kidney Transplantation: a Single-Center Experience

• Main Authors: Kaveh Mehravaran, Hormoz Salimi, Mohammadjavad Soleimani, Mohammad Ali Zargar-Shoshtari
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Urology and Nephrology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 2008-01-01
• Series: Urology Journal
• Online Access: http://www.urologyjournal.org/index.php/uj/article/view/69/67
• ISSN: 1735-1308; 1735-546X

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