Is infundibuloureteropelvic angle (IUPA) a significant risk factor in formation of inferior calyceal calculi?

European Urology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 590-593

  Nabi, G ^a,b   Gupta, N P ^a   Mandal, Subhasis ^a   Hemal, A K ^a   Dogra, P N ^a   Ansari, M S ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b CITY HOSPITALS SUNDERLAND NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ESWL; Etiology; Inferior calyx; Renal stones

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MACROMOLECULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STONE FORMATION; URETEROPELVIC JUNCTION; UROLITHIASIS; HISTOLOGY; KIDNEY CALYX; KIDNEY PELVIS; NEPHROLITHIASIS; URETER;

HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; KIDNEY CALICES; KIDNEY PELVIS; RISK FACTORS; URETER;

EID: 0036901260     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0302-2838(02)00451-7     Document Type: Article

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