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    Panagiotis Kallidonis & Evangelos Liatsikos

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Kallidonis, P., Liatsikos, E. Papillary puncture: no way!. World J Urol 36, 155–156 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00345-017-2111-8

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