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Lunar Phases and Emergency Department Visits for Renal Colic Due to Ureteral Calculus

BACKGROUND: Urolithiasis affects an estimated 5% of the population and the lifetime risk of passing a stone in the urinary tract is estimated to be 8–10%. Urinary calculus formation is highly variable and while certain risk factors such as age, gender, seasonality, anatomic abnormality, and metaboli...

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Autores principales: Yang, Andy W., Johnson, Justin D., Fronczak, Carolyn M., LaGrange, Chad A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4907477/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27299307
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0157589