The need for better decision tools in managing stone disease

Journal of Urology

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 698-699

  Matlaga, Brian R ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; HUMAN; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URETEROSCOPY;

CALCIUM PHOSPHATES; KIDNEY CALCULI; LITHOTRIPSY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 84864940744     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2012.06.060     Document Type: Editorial

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