Trends in the diffusion of laparoscopic nephrectomy [10]

JAMA

Volumn 295, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 2480-2482

  Miller, David C ^a   Wei, John T ^a   Dunn, Rodney L ^a   Hollenbeck, Brent K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENIGN TUMOR; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; DIFFUSION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY CANCER; KIDNEY DISEASE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LETTER; NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 33744950098     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.295.21.2480     Document Type: Letter

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