Lasers in urology

BJU International

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 204-211

  Floratos, D L ^a   De la Rosette, J J M C H ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLADDER; CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; LASER; LASER SURGERY; PENIS CARCINOMA; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; REVIEW; SUTURE REMOVAL; URETHRA STRICTURE; URETHRA VALVE; UROLITHIASIS; UROLOGY; VASOVASOSTOMY;

HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; URINARY CALCULI; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 0032768349     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410x.1999.00163.x     Document Type: Review

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