Predicting effectiveness of extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy by stone attenuation value

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1169-1173

  Shah, Kartik ^a   Kurien, Abraham ^a   Mishra, Shashikant ^a   Ganpule, Arvind ^a   Muthu, Veeramani ^a   Sabnis, Ravindra B ^a   Desai, Mahesh ^a  

^a MULJIBHAI PATEL UROLOGICAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STEINSTRASSE; URETER STONE; UROLITHIASIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URETERAL CALCULI;

EID: 77954934261     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2010.0124     Document Type: Article

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