Ultrastructure of selected struvite-containing urinary calculi from cats

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 12-24

  Neumann, Rebecca D ^a   Ruby, Annette L ^a   Ling, Gerald V ^a   Schiffman, Peter S ^a   Johnson, Deedra L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APATITE; CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM; STRUVITE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROMETRY; UROLITHIASIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIMALS; APATITES; CALCIUM; CAT DISEASES; CATS; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; PHOSPHATES; POTASSIUM; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; URINARY CALCULI; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0029679077     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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