Current practice patterns in the management of upper urinary tract calculi in the north central United States

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 631-635

  Bandi, Gaurav ^a   Best, Sara L ^a   Nakada, Stephen Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; HEALTH SURVEY; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; URETER STONE; URETEROSCOPY; URINARY TRACT SURGERY; UROLITHIASIS;

HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; URETERAL CALCULI; UROLOGY;

EID: 42249104522     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2007.0186     Document Type: Review

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