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Congenital Ureteral Anomalies

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A reconstruction picture showing duplex ureters

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Al-Salem, A.H. (2017). Congenital Ureteral Anomalies. In: An Illustrated Guide to Pediatric Urology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44182-5_6

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