Alfuzosin Stone Expulsion Therapy for Distal Ureteral Calculi: A Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled Study

Journal of Urology

Volumn 179, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2244-2247

  Pedro, Renato Nardi ^a   Hinck, Bryan ^a   Hendlin, Kari ^a   Feia, Kendall ^a   Canales, Benjamin K ^a   Monga, Manoj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

alfuzosin; pain; ureter; ureteral calculi

Indexed keywords

ALFUZOSIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; URETER STONE;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUINAZOLINES; URETERAL CALCULI;

EID: 43049111728     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.01.141     Document Type: Article

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