Editorial: Posterior Urethral Valves: Advances in Diagnosis, Management, and Long-term Follow Up

Overview

Journal Front Pediatr

Specialty Pediatrics

Date 2023 Aug 4

PMID 37539010

Authors

Massimo Garriboli

Joanna Clothier

Giorgio Selvaggio

Luke Harper

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