Crystalluria: A neglected aspect of urinary sediment analysis

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 379-387

  Fogazzi, G B ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CALCIUM OXALATE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; PIRIDOXILATE; PRIMIDONE; SULFADIAZINE; TRIAMTERENE; URATE; URIC ACID;

CRYSTALLURIA; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; INTOXICATION; KIDNEY DISEASE; MICTURITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STANDING; URINALYSIS; URINE PH; URINE SEDIMENT; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 0030025884     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.ndt.a027276     Document Type: Review

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