Tamsulosin hydrochloride vs placebo for management of distal ureteral stones: A multicentric, randomized, double-blind trial

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 2021-2027

  Vincendeau, Sébastien ^a   Bellissant, Eric ^a   Houlgatte, Alain ^b   Doré, Bertrand ^c   Bruyère, Franck ^d   Renault, Alain ^a   Mouchel, Catherine ^a   Bensalah, Karim ^a   Guillé, François ^a  

^a RENNES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b University of Paris Descartes   (France)

^c POITIERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; TAMSULOSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY COLIC; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT DURATION; URETER STONE;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; AGED; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SULFONAMIDES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE; URETERAL CALCULI;

EID: 78650090565     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.447     Document Type: Article

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