Infundibulopelvic anatomy and clearance of inferior caliceal calculi with shock wave lithotripsy

Journal of Urology

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 24-27

  Gupta, N P ^a,b   Singh, D V ^a,b   Hemal, A K ^a,b   Mandal, Subhasis ^a,b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Department of Laboratory Medicine and Transfusion Medicine   (India)

Author keywords

Calculi; Lithotripsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033992384     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)67964-5     Document Type: Article

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