Clinical Radiology
Volume 63, Issue 8 , Pages 888-894 , August 2008

The UK nephrostomy audit. Can a voluntary registry produce robust performance data?

Received 26 July 2007 ,Revised 8 October 2007 ,Accepted 17 October 2007.

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PII: S0009-9260(08)00099-8

doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2007.10.021

Clinical Radiology
Volume 63, Issue 8 , Pages 888-894 , August 2008

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