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Research Article

Tamsulosin versus nifedipin in medical expulsive therapy for distal ureteral stones and the predictive value of Hounsfield unit in stone expulsion

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Pages 1541-1544 | Received 17 May 2014, Accepted 31 Jul 2014, Published online: 19 Sep 2014

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