Holmium : YAG Laser for Intra Corporeal Lithotripsy

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Journal Med J Armed Forces India

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2016 Jul 14

PMID 27407938

Citations 2

Authors

A S Sandhu

A Srivastava

P Madhusoodanan

T Sinha

S K Gupta

A Kumar

G S Sethi

R Khanna

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