Oral potassium citrate treatment for idiopathic hypocitruria in children with calcium urolithiasis

Journal of Urology

Volumn 168, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2572-2574

  Tekin, Ali ^a   Tekgul, Serdar ^a   Atsu, Necmettin ^a   Bakkaloglu, Mehmet ^a   Kendi, Sezer ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Calcium; Kidney; Kidney calculi; Potassium citrate

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CITRATE POTASSIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM STONE; CHILD; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC HYPOCITRURIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SIDE EFFECT; STONE FORMATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINALYSIS; URINE PH; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 0036896779     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)64218-8     Document Type: Article

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