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Transcatheter Arterial Embolization for Life-Long Urinary Incontinence Associated with Bilateral Ureteral Duplication with Ectopia

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  1. Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 81, Irwon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 135-710, Republic of Korea

    Jung Han Woo, Dongho Hyun, Young Soo Do & Chan Kyo Kim

  2. Department of Urology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

    Kyu-Sung Lee

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Woo, J.H., Hyun, D., Do, Y.S. et al. Transcatheter Arterial Embolization for Life-Long Urinary Incontinence Associated with Bilateral Ureteral Duplication with Ectopia. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 39, 1530–1532 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-016-1370-x

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