The efficacy of tamsulosin vs. nifedipine for the medical expulsive therapy of distal ureteric stones: A randomised clinical trial

Arab Journal of Urology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 405-410

  Gandhi, Himesh R ^a   Agrawal, Chandrasekhar ^b  

^a AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences ^*  (Nepal)

Author keywords

Nifedipine; Pain; Renal colic; Tamsulosin; Ureteric calculi

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; NIFEDIPINE; PREDNISOLONE; TAMSULOSIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIZZINESS; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG THERAPY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FLUSHING; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEART PALPITATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOOSE FECES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXPULSIVE THERAPY; MUSCLE CRAMP; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; SUSTAINED DRUG RELEASE; URETER STONE; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 84888199542     PISSN: 2090598X     EISSN: 20905998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aju.2013.08.008     Document Type: Article

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