Preliminary Study of Efficacy of Doxazosin as a Medical Expulsive Therapy of Distal Ureteric Stones in a Randomized Clinical Trial

Urology

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1285-1288

  Zehri, Ali Akbar ^a   Ather, M Hammad ^a   Abbas, Farhat ^a   Biyabani, S Raziuddin ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; DOXAZOSIN;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EVENING DOSAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; URETER STONE; URINARY TRACT PAIN;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DICLOFENAC; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOXAZOSIN; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; URETERAL CALCULI;

EID: 77952745759     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.10.069     Document Type: Article

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