Urology
Volume 61, Issue 6 , Pages 1092-1096 , June 2003

Variability of renal stone fragility in shock wave lithotripsy

  • James C Williams Jr

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: James C. Williams, Jr., Ph.D., Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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  • K.Chee Saw

      Affiliations

    • Methodist Hospital Institute for Kidney Stone Disease, Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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  • Ryan F Paterson

      Affiliations

    • Methodist Hospital Institute for Kidney Stone Disease, Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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  • Erin K Hatt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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  • James A McAteer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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  • James E Lingeman

      Affiliations

    • Methodist Hospital Institute for Kidney Stone Disease, Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

Received 31 October 2002 ,Accepted 24 January 2003.

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☆ This work was supported by NIH grants PO1 DK43881, RO1 DK55674; by a grant-in-aid from the National Kidney Foundation of Indiana; and by the Kidney Stone Research Fund, Methodist Hospital of Indiana Institute for Kidney Stone Disease.

PII: S0090-4295(03)00349-2

doi: 10.1016/S0090-4295(03)00349-2

Urology
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