Myth: Nephrolithiasis and medical expulsive therapy

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 463-465

  Liu, May ^a   Henderson, Sean O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Expulsive therapy; Kidney stone; Medical therapy; Renal colic

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DEFLAZACORT; NIFEDIPINE; PREDNISONE; PREGNANE DERIVATIVE; SULFONAMIDE; TAMSULOSIN;

HUMAN; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; URETER STONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADRENERGIC ANTAGONISTS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; HUMANS; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NIFEDIPINE; PREDNISONE; PREGNENEDIONES; SULFONAMIDES; URETERAL CALCULI;

EID: 39549086052     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500015529     Document Type: Article

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