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Renal Doppler ultrasonography in the diagnosis of nutcracker syndrome.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Ajou University Hospital, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea

    Se Jin Park

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Severance Children’s Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, C.P.O. Box 8044, Seoul, 120-752, Republic of Korea

    Jae Il Shin

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Park, S.J., Shin, J.I. Renal Doppler ultrasonography in the diagnosis of nutcracker syndrome.. Eur J Pediatr 172, 135–136 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-012-1859-5

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