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Editorial
. 2022 Mar;37(2):283-284.
doi: 10.3904/kjim.2022.043. Epub 2022 Feb 28.

Simple renal cysts: no longer simple?

Sang Heon Suh  1 , Eun Hui Bae  1
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Editorial

Simple renal cysts: no longer simple?

Sang Heon Suh et al. Korean J Intern Med. 2022 Mar.
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Conflict of interest statement

Eun Hui Bae is an Associate Editor of the Korean Journal of Internal Medicine. No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.

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