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Investigation of innervation of ureteral wall within its ureteropelvic junction part in children with congenital hydronephrosis
Article published in Urologia Polska 2004/57/4.

authors

Marek Krakós, Józef Kobos, Ewa Andrzejewska

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correspondence

Marek Krakós
Klinika Chirurgii i Onkologii Dziecięcej
ul. Sporna 36/50
91-738 Łódź
tel. (0 42) 617 77 05
marek.krakos@surgery.pl