The value of family screening for patients with cystine stone disease in northern Jordan

British Journal of Urology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 663-665

  Bani Hani, I ^a,b   Matani, Y ^a,c   Smadi, I ^a,c  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b Medical School

^c Department of Urology Unit ^*

Author keywords

Calculi; Cystinuria; Hypertension; Screening

Indexed keywords

CYSTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CYSTINURIA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JORDAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; STONE FORMATION; UROLITHIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CYSTINE; CYSTINURIA; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; JORDAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; RISK FACTORS; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 0031846432     PISSN: 00071331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.1998.00639.x     Document Type: Article

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