Efficacy of Tamsulosin in the Management of Lower Ureteral Stones: A Randomized Double-blind Placebo-controlled Study of 100 Patients

Urology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 4-7

  Al Ansari, Abdulla ^a   Al Naimi, Abdulla ^a   Alobaidy, Abdulkader ^a   Assadiq, Khalid ^a   Azmi, Mohamed D ^a   Shokeir, Ahmed A ^a  

^a HAMAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; PLACEBO; TAMSULOSIN;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SAFETY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FLANK PAIN; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROGRADE EJACULATION; RHINITIS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER STONE;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SULFONAMIDES; URETERAL CALCULI; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72249093124     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.09.073     Document Type: Article

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