Levels of urinary inter-α-trypsin inhibitor trimer as a function of age and sex-hormone status in males and females not forming stones

BJU International

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 513-517

  Ricchiuti, V ^a   Hartke, D M ^a   Yang, L Z ^a   Goldman, H B ^a   Elder, J S ^a   Resnick, M I ^a   Marengo, S R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Kidney stone; Nephrolithiasis; Oxalate; Urolithiasis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM OXALATE; INTER ALPHA TRYPSIN INHIBITOR; SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL; UROLITHIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALPHA-GLOBULINS; CALCIUM OXALATE; CHILD; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; KIDNEY CALCULI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 0036379770     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.2002.02984.x     Document Type: Article

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