Medical therapy for urinary stone passage

Lancet

Volumn 368, Issue 9542, 2006, Pages 1138-1139

  Pearle, Margaret S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; TAMSULOSIN;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; KIDNEY COLIC; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER STONE; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 33748983222     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69452-X     Document Type: Note

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