Strong inhibition of crystal-cell attachment by pediatric urinary macromolecules: A close relationship with high urinary citrate secretion

Urology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 493-497

  Miyake, Osamu ^a   Kakimoto, Kenichi ^a   Tsujihata, Masao ^a   Yoshimura, Kazuhiro ^a   Takahara, Shiro ^a   Okuyama, Akihiko ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM OXALATE; CITRIC ACID; FIBRONECTIN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN;

ADULT; AGE; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KIDNEY TUBULE CELL; MACROMOLECULE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS; UROLITHIASIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM OXALATE; CELL ADHESION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CITRATES; CRYSTALLIZATION; DOGS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MALE; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 0034875287     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(01)01257-2     Document Type: Article

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