Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis revisited

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 423-429

  Barbalias, G A ^a   Liatsikos, E N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; URETER DILATATION; URETER OBSTRUCTION; URETER STENT; URETER SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION; URETEROSCOPY; UROGRAPHY; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0033403526     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007146724334     Document Type: Article

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