Prediction of Stone-Free Rate after ESWL

European Urology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 318-320

  Augustin, Herbert ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS PYELOGRAPHY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; URETER STONE;

HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY CALCULI; LITHOTRIPSY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34250724922     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2007.03.059     Document Type: Editorial

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