Tamsulosin to treat uncomplicated distal ureteral calculi: A double blind randomized placebo-controlled trial

Canadian Journal of Urology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 5178-5183

  Abdel Meguid, Taha A ^a,b   Tayib, Abdulmalik ^a   Al Sayyad, Ahmad ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b MINIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Adrenergic alpha antagonists; Tamsulosin; Ureter; Urinary calculi

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; SULFONAMIDE; TAMSULOSIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; URETER STONE;

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

EID: 79955005833     PISSN: 11959479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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