Direct measurement of calcium oxalate nucleation with a laser probe

Urological Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 135-140

  Bongartz, Daniel ^a   Schneider, Anke ^a   Hesse, Albrecht ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Experimentelle Urologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcium oxalate; Crystallization model; Inhibitors; Laser probe; Nucleation; Particle size distribution

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM OXALATE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; LASER; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STONE FORMATION; URINALYSIS; UROLITHIASIS;

CALCIUM OXALATE; CITRATES; CRYSTALLIZATION; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LASERS; MAGNESIUM; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 0032965199     PISSN: 03005623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002400050099     Document Type: Article

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