Epidemiological profile, mineral metabolic pattern and crystallographic analysis of urolithiasis in Kuwait

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 229-234

  El Reshaid, Kamel ^a   Mughal, Hafeez ^b   Kapoor, Madan ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b AL AMIRI HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Intravenous urography; Kuwait; Mineral metabolic screen; Stone analysis; Urolithiasis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; UROLITHIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CALCIUM OXALATE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KUWAIT; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; MALE; METABOLIC DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; MINERALS; PHOSPHATES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URIC ACID; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 0031038732     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007346727944     Document Type: Article

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