Helical CT of urinary tract stones: Epidemiology, origin, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 911-952

  Smith, R C ^a   Levine, J ^a   Rosenfeld, A T ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; AMMONIA; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ARGININE; CALCIUM OXALATE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CITRATE CALCIUM; CITRATE POTASSIUM; CONTRAST MEDIUM; CYSTINE; ION EXCHANGE RESIN; LYSINE; MINERAL; ORNITHINE; PENICILLAMINE; STRUVITE; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; TIOPRONIN; UREASE INHIBITOR; URIC ACID; WATER; XANTHINE;

ALGORITHM; ALKALINIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIET; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERCALCIURIA; HYPERURICOSURIA; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; TENSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER OBSTRUCTION; URETEROSCOPY; URINE PH; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 0032887213     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-8389(05)70138-X     Document Type: Article

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