Efficacy of terazosin as a facilitator agent for expulsion of the lower ureteral stones

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 838-840

  Mohseni, Mohammad G ^a   Hosseini, Seyed R ^a   Alizadeh, Farshid ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; INDOMETACIN; PETHIDINE; TERAZOSIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; TABLET; URETER STONE; URETEROSCOPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRAZOSIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETERAL CALCULI;

EID: 33746456833     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 03795284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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