Urinary citrate excretion in idiopathic nephrolithiasis

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 819-825

  Ratan, Simmi K ^b   Bhatnagar, V ^a   Mitra, D K ^b   Basu, N ^b   Malhotra, L K ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Hypocitraturia; Urinary calculi; Urinary citrate

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; URINE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CITRIC ACID; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY CALCULI; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036728770     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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