Experience with the holmium laser as an endoscopic lithotrite

Urology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 199-206

  Grasso, Michael ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER STONE; CHILD; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; LASER LITHOTRIPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER STONE; URETEROSCOPY; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 0030218880     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(96)00158-6     Document Type: Article

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