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Pharmacological management of uncomplicated renal colic in elderly patients requires control of acute pain and perhaps medical expulsion therapy

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Pharmacological management of uncomplicated renal colic in elderly patients requires control of acute pain and perhaps medical expulsion therapy. Drugs Ther. Perspect 24, 14–17 (2008). https://doi.org/10.2165/00042310-200824070-00004

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