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Understanding urinary conditioning film components on ureteral stents: profiling protein components and evaluating their role in bacterial colonization

Chelsea N. ElwoodDepartment of Urologic Sciences, The Stone Centre at Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.;The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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Joey LoDepartment of Urologic Sciences, The Stone Centre at Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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Emily ChouDepartment of Urologic Sciences, The Stone Centre at Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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Adam CroweDepartment of Urologic Sciences, The Stone Centre at Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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Olga ArsovskaDepartment of Urologic Sciences, The Stone Centre at Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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Hans AdomatDepartment of Urologic Sciences, Vancouver Prostate Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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Ricardo MiyaokaDivision of Urology, State Hospital of Sumaré – State University of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Emma Tomlinson-GunsDepartment of Urologic Sciences, Vancouver Prostate Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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Manoj MongaStreem Center for Endourology & Stone Disease, Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
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Ben H. ChewDepartment of Urologic Sciences, The Stone Centre at Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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Dirk LangeDepartment of Urologic Sciences, The Stone Centre at Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.Correspondence[email protected]
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Pages 1115-1122 | Received 10 Feb 2013, Accepted 15 Jul 2013, Published online: 18 Sep 2013

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