A model system for the investigation of urinary stone formation

British Journal of Urology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 169-175

  Bouropoulos, N ^a,b   Bouropoulos, C ^b   Klepetsanis, P G ^b   Melekos, M ^a   Barbalias, G ^a   Koutsoukos, P G ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Calcium oxalate monohydrate; Precipitation kinetics; Urinary stones modelling

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM OXALATE; WHEWELLITE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFUSION; ION SELECTIVE ELECTRODE; KINETICS; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STONE FORMATION; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 0030423281     PISSN: 00071331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.1996.00602.x     Document Type: Article

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