Urology
Volume 75, Issue 6 , Pages 1285-1288 , June 2010

Preliminary Study of Efficacy of Doxazosin as a Medical Expulsive Therapy of Distal Ureteric Stones in a Randomized Clinical Trial

Received 19 May 2009 ,Accepted 11 October 2009.

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PII: S0090-4295(09)02966-5

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.10.069

Urology
Volume 75, Issue 6 , Pages 1285-1288 , June 2010

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