Development of a mathematical model to predict extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy outcome

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 891-897

  Vakalopoulos, Ioannis ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; URETEROPELVIC JUNCTION;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE DENSITY; CATHETERIZATION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETERAL CALCULI;

EID: 67749084363     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2008.0465     Document Type: Article

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