Stone-free status after extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy: Factual or factitious?

Italian Journal of Mineral and Electrolyte Metabolism

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 61-65

  Marangella, M ^a   Vitale, C ^a  

^a MAURIZIANO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

ESWL; Lithotriptor; Nephrolithiasis; Stone recurrences; Urinary calculi

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NEPHROLITHOTOMY; RECURRENT DISEASE;

EID: 0032438535     PISSN: 11211709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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