Dependence of upper limit of metastability on supersaturation in nephrolithiasis

Kidney International

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1602-1608

  Asplin, John R ^a   Parks, Joan H ^a   Coe, Fredric L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium oxalate; Crystallization; Stone forming; Upper limit of metastability

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM OXALATE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE DIBASIC;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STONE FORMATION;

EID: 0031451466     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.1997.491     Document Type: Article

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