Distal ureteral calcification secondary to deflux injection: A reality or myth?

Urology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1217-1219

  Palagiri, Anand V ^a,b   Dangle, Pankaj P ^a,b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b S LOUIS UNIV HLTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFLUX; DEXTRANOMER; HYALURONIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHRONIC PAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTOSCOPY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; MEDICAL HISTORY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELOGRAPHY; SCHOOL CHILD; URETER STONE; URETEROSCOPY; URINALYSIS; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

CALCINOSIS; CHILD; DEXTRANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; INJECTIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; URETERAL DISEASES;

EID: 79955626234     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2010.06.047     Document Type: Article

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