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. 2011 Sep 20;8(10):534-6.
doi: 10.1038/nrurol.2011.136.

Surgery: Routine adrenalectomy in renal cancer--an antiquated practice

Gennady Bratslavsky, W Marston Linehan

Surgery: Routine adrenalectomy in renal cancer--an antiquated practice

Gennady Bratslavsky et al. Nat Rev Urol. .
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