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Does slower delivery of shock-wave lithotripsy improve treatment efficacy for urolithiasis?

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The synopsis was written by Sandra Michelmore, Associate Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

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    Prabhakar Rajan & David A Tolley

  2. Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK

    Prabhakar Rajan & David A Tolley

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Rajan, P., Tolley, D. Does slower delivery of shock-wave lithotripsy improve treatment efficacy for urolithiasis?. Nat Rev Urol 2, 132–133 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpuro0118

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