Renal calculi

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 101-105

  Drach, George W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDINAVIR; INSULIN; MAGNESIUM CITRATE; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM; SIALIC ACID;

COSMONAUT; DIARRHEA; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; LITHOTRIPSY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; SIDE EFFECT; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI;

EID: 0032997272     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042307-199903000-00002     Document Type: Short Survey

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