Pancake Kidney: A Rare Case of Renal Ectopia.

Indian J Nephrol

Department of Nephrology, SMS Medical College, Jaipur, India.

Published: September 2024

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http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/IJN_401_2024DOI Listing

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