Lithogenic risk factors in normal black volunteers, and black and white recurrent stone formers

BJU International

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 243-248

  Whalley, N A ^a   Martins, M C ^a   Van Dyk, R C ^b   Meyers, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Black; Lithogenic risk factors; Stone formers; Urolithiasis; White

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ION; CITRIC ACID; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHORUS;

ADULT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; HYPERCALCIURIA; HYPEROXALURIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLISM; NEGRO; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OBESITY; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; STONE FORMATION; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CALCIUM; CALCIUM OXALATE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; MALE; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; URINARY CALCULI; URINATION; URINE;

EID: 0032788995     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410x.1999.00170.x     Document Type: Article

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