Urological Note
A novel alpha-numeric classification of urethral duplication and triplication
Venkatachalam Raveenthiran M.Ch., F.R.C.S.,
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Venkatachalam Raveenthiran M.Ch., F.R.C.S.
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Government Cuddalore Medical College, Chidambaram, Tamilnadu, India
Contribution: Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Data curation, Investigation, Validation, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
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Hasan Sumayya M.S.
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Government Cuddalore Medical College, Chidambaram, Tamilnadu, India
Contribution: Software, Data curation, Investigation, Validation, Formal analysis, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
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Venkatachalam Raveenthiran M.Ch., F.R.C.S.,
Corresponding Author
Venkatachalam Raveenthiran M.Ch., F.R.C.S.
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Government Cuddalore Medical College, Chidambaram, Tamilnadu, India
Contribution: Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Data curation, Investigation, Validation, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
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Hasan Sumayya M.S.
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Government Cuddalore Medical College, Chidambaram, Tamilnadu, India
Contribution: Software, Data curation, Investigation, Validation, Formal analysis, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
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First published: 15 July 2024
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None declared by both authors.
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