Stone burden in an average Swedish population of stone formers requiring active stone removal: How can the stone size be estimated in the clinical routine?

European Urology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 275-281

  Tiselius, Hans Göran ^a,b   Andersson, Annika ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Categories; Epidemiology; Stone surface area; Urolithiasis

Indexed keywords

ARITHMETIC; AUTOMATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAGHORN STONE; STONE FORMATION; SWEDEN; URETER STONE;

EID: 0037337597     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0302-2838(03)00006-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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