Role of combined use of potassium citrate and tamsulosin in the management of uric acid distal ureteral calculi

Urological Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 219-224

  El Gamal, Osama ^a   El Bendary, Mohamed ^a   Ragab, Maged ^a   Rasheed, Mohamed ^a  

^a TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Calculi; Tamsulosin; Ureter; Uric acid

Indexed keywords

CITRATE POTASSIUM; PLACEBO; TAMSULOSIN; URALYT U;

ADULT; ALKALINIZATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; URETER STONE; URIC ACID STONE;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POTASSIUM CITRATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SULFONAMIDES; URETERAL CALCULI; URIC ACID;

EID: 84864040157     PISSN: 03005623     EISSN: 14340879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00240-011-0406-6     Document Type: Article

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