Effects of Tamm-Horsfall protein with normal and reduced sialic acid content upon the crystallization of calcium phosphate and calcium oxalate in human urine

British Journal of Urology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 533-538

  Hallson, P C ^a,b   Choong, S K S ^a   Kasidas, G P ^a   Samuell, C T ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcium phosphate and oxalate; Sialic acid; Tamm Horsfall protein; Urinary crystals

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM OXALATE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; PROTEIN; SIALIC ACID; SIALIDASE; TAMM HORSFALL GLYCOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLOID; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; EVAPORATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 0031400614     PISSN: 00071331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410x.1997.00366.x     Document Type: Article

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