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Pope Innocent XI’s renal stones: an example of medical correspondence

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  1. School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano Bicocca, Via Cadore 48, 20900, Monza, Italy

    Michele Augusto Riva, Filippo Testa & Giancarlo Cesana

  2. Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

    Francesco Castagna

  3. Department of Medicine, Yale New Haven Health, Bridgeport, CT, USA

    Francesco Castagna

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Riva, M.A., Testa, F., Cesana, G. et al. Pope Innocent XI’s renal stones: an example of medical correspondence. Intern Emerg Med 13, 307–308 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-018-1800-7

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