Tamsulosin and doxazosin as adjunctive therapy following shock-wave lithotripsy of renal calculi: Randomized controlled trial

Urological Research

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 327-332

  Zaytoun, Osama M ^a,b   Yakoubi, Rachid ^c   Zahran, Abdel Rahman M ^b   Fouda, Khaled ^b   Marzouk, Essam ^b   Gaafar, Salah ^b   Fareed, Khaled ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Alpha adrenergic antagonists; Calculi; Doxazosin; Lithotripsy; Tamsulosin

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; DOXAZOSIN; PHLOROGLUCINOL; TAMSULOSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SAFETY; EJACULATION; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORNING DOSAGE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEPHROLITHIASIS; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOXAZOSIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SULFONAMIDES;

EID: 84863980334     PISSN: 03005623     EISSN: 14340879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00240-011-0410-x     Document Type: Article

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