Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 70, Issue 7 , Pages 281-285 , July 2007

Partial Nephrectomy in the Treatment of Localized Renal Cell Carcinoma — Experience of Taichung Veterans General Hospital

Received 11 July 2006 ,Accepted 8 June 2007.

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PII: S1726-4901(07)70005-9

doi: 10.1016/S1726-4901(07)70005-9

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 70, Issue 7 , Pages 281-285 , July 2007

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