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. 2015 Jul-Sep;7(3):365-6.

How do we know what damage a safe intervention has in the long-term: Considering the risk of extra-corporeal shockwave lithotripsy and the onset of diabetes mellitus

Jaspal S Phull  1 , Omar M Aboumarzouk  2
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How do we know what damage a safe intervention has in the long-term: Considering the risk of extra-corporeal shockwave lithotripsy and the onset of diabetes mellitus

Jaspal S Phull et al. Urol Ann. 2015 Jul-Sep.
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