Renal colic: New concepts related to pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 263-269

  Shokeir, Ahmed A ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Colic; Kidneys; Obstruction; Stone; Ureter

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; DESMOPRESSIN; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DICLOFENAC; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUPUNCTURE; ANALGESIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS PYELOGRAPHY; KIDNEY COLIC; KIDNEY FAILURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; COLIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY CALCULI; KIDNEY DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0036296062     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042307-200207000-00001     Document Type: Review

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