Management of upper urinary tract calculi with ureteroscopic techniques

Urology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-31

  Tawfiek, Ehab R ^a   Bagley, Demetrius H ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; LITHOTRIPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER STONE; URETEROSCOPY; UROLITHIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URETERAL CALCULI; URETEROSCOPES; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 0032957391     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(98)00462-2     Document Type: Article

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