Effect of lower infundibulopelvic angle, lower infundibulum diameter and inferior calyceal length on stone formation

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 107-109

  Gökalp, Adil ^a   Tahmaz, Lütfi ^a   Peşkircioǧlu, Levent ^a   Özgök, Yaşar ^a   Saǧlam, Mutlu ^a   Kibar, Yusuf ^a   Harmankaya, A Çetin ^a  

^a Department of Urology ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Collecting system; Kidney; Stone formation

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFUNDIBULUM; KIDNEY CALYX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0345148853     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000030427     Document Type: Article

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