Our experience with nifedipine and prednisolone as expulsive therapy for ureteral stones

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 72, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages 43-45

  Saita, A ^a   Bonaccorsi, A ^a,b   Marchese, F ^a   Condorelli, S V ^a   Motta, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Expulsion therapy; Nifedipine; Ureteral stones

Indexed keywords

NIFEDIPINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISOLONE;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ERYTHEMA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; STOMACH PAIN; STONE ANALYSIS; URETER STONE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NIFEDIPINE; PREDNISOLONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETERAL CALCULI;

EID: 2342590574     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000076591     Document Type: Conference Paper

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