Do Anatomic Factors Pose a Significant Risk in the Formation of Lower Pole Stones?

Urology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 620-624

  Manikandan, Ramaswamy ^a   Gall, Zara ^b   Gunendran, Thiruendran ^b   Neilson, Donald ^b   Adeyoju, Adebanji ^a  

^a STEPPING HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BLACKBURN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY CALCULI; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34147139014     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2007.01.005     Document Type: Article

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