Value of the Urinary Stone Promoters/Inhibitors Ratios in the Estimation of the Risk of Urolithiasis

Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 607-610

  Batinić, Danica ^a   Miloševic, Danko ^a   Blau, Nenad ^b   Konjevoda, Paško ^a   Štambuk, Nikola ^c   Barbarić, Vesna ^a   Šubat Dežulović, Mirna ^d   Votava Raić, Ana ^a   Nižić, Ljiljana ^a   Vrljičak, Kristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; OXALIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; URINE; UROLITHIASIS;

CALCIUM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; HUMANS; OXALATES; RISK ASSESSMENT; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 0034186713     PISSN: 00952338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ci990076i     Document Type: Article

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