Efficacy of tamsulosin in medical expulsive therapy for distal ureteral calculi

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-62

  Sayed, Mohamed Abdel Basir ^a   Aboul Yosr, Ahmad Mohamed ^a   Abdalla, Medhat Ahmad ^a   El Azab, Ahmad Shehata ^a  

^a Assiut University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Medical expulsive therapy; Tamsulosin; Ureteral stones

Indexed keywords

IBUPROFEN; LEVOFLOXACIN; TAMSULOSIN;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG USE; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; URETER STONE; URETEROSCOPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; DICLOFENAC; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SULFONAMIDES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETERAL CALCULI;

EID: 38349185405     PISSN: 00365599     EISSN: 16512065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365590701571076     Document Type: Article

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