Urine is a saturated equilibrium and not a metastable supersaturated solution: Evidence from crystalluria and the general composition of calcium salt and uric acid calculi

Urological Research

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 297-305

  Ashby, Richard A ^a,b   Byrne, John P ^b   Györy, Ákos Z ^a  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calcium salts; Crystalluria; pH; Urates; Uric acid; Urine equilibrium; Urolithiasis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM OXALATE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE DIBASIC; CALCIUM SALT; STRUVITE; URATE; URIC ACID;

ALGORITHM; CRYSTALLURIA; INFECTION; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STONE ANALYSIS; URIC ACID STONE; URINE PH; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 0032700317     PISSN: 03005623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002400050154     Document Type: Review

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