Ionic composition of urate-containing spheres in the urine of domestic fowl

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Physiology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 585-588

  Casotti, Giovanni ^a   Braun, Eldon J ^b  

^a WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic fowl; Inorganic ion; Nitrogen; Sphere; Urate; Uric acid; X ray microanalysis

Indexed keywords

URIC ACID;

ARTICLE; FOWL; GLUCONEOGENESIS; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URIC ACID URINE LEVEL; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 0031280433     PISSN: 03009629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9629(96)00482-3     Document Type: Article

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