Recommending Medical Expulsive Therapy for Distal Ureteric Calculi: A Step Back?

European Urology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 413-415

  Giannarini, Gianluca ^a   Autorino, Riccardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; KIDNEY COLIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; URETER STONE;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; SULFONAMIDES; URETERAL CALCULI;

EID: 67651014561     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2009.04.044     Document Type: Editorial

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