Child Kidney Dis.  2024 Oct;28(3):90-92. 10.3339/ckd.24.014.

Nutcracker syndrome in pediatrics: a rare entity?

• Yim HE

• KMID: 2560476
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3339/ckd.24.014

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