Vitamin A and urolithiasis

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 269, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 147-157

  Grases, F ^a   Garcia Gonzalez, R ^b   Genestar, C ^a   Torres, J J ^c   March, J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b E 07011 Bunyola   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DE MANACOR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Deficiency; Glycosaminoglycans; Urolithiasis; Vitamin A; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CALCIUM; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; PHYTATE; PYROPHOSPHATE; RETINOL; ZINC;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM STONE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; URINE LEVEL; UROLITHIASIS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; URINARY CALCULI; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN E;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032579147     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-8981(97)00198-8     Document Type: Article

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