Impact of fasting on shockwave lithotripsy in renal stones: A randomized controlled trial

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1403-1405

  Hosseini, Seyed Reza ^a,c   Mohseni, Mohammad Ghasem ^a   Mohammadi, Abdolreza ^a   Tajik, Parvin ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIET RESTRICTION; EVALUATION; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELATIVE DENSITY; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; FASTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINALYSIS;

EID: 38049168993     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2007.0096     Document Type: Article

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