A computer model to predict the outcome and duration of ureteral or renal calculous passage

Journal of Urology

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1436-1439

  Parekattil, Sijo J ^a,b   White, Mark D ^a   Moran, Michael E ^a   Kogan, Barry A ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Apartment C 32 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Kidney; Kidney calculi; Ureter; Ureteral calculi

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER MODEL; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY COLIC; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URETER STONE;

EID: 1642372313     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000116327.29170.0b     Document Type: Article

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