Enlargement of calcium oxalate stones to clinically significant size in an in-vitro stone generator

BJU International

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 939-944

  Ananth, K ^a   Kavanagh, J P ^a   Walton, R C ^a   Rao, P N ^a  

^a WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcium oxalate; Crystallization; Kidney calculi

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM OXALATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM STONE; CASE REPORT; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLURIA; GENERATOR; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; MACROMOLECULE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STONE FORMATION; URODYNAMICS; UROLITHIASIS; CHEMISTRY; PATHOLOGY; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STANDARD;

CALCIUM OXALATE; CRYSTALLIZATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING TRANSMISSION; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES;

EID: 0036884366     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.2002.03027.x     Document Type: Article

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