Relationship between supersaturation and calcium oxalate crystallization in normals and idiopathic calcium oxalate stone formers

Kidney International

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1041-1050

  Borghi, Loris ^a   Guerra, Angela ^a   Meschi, Tiziana ^a   Briganti, Angelo ^a   Schianchi, Tania ^a   Allegri, Franca ^a   Novarini, Almerico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calcium crystals; Lithogenous risk factor; Nephrolithiasis; Oxalate tolerance; Urinary stones

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM OXALATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM OXALATE STONE; CALCIUM URINE LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; HUMAN; LOADING TEST; MACROMOLECULE; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; URINE VOLUME; WATER LOADING;

EID: 0033030231     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.0550031041.x     Document Type: Article

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