Effect of vitamin C supplements on urinary oxalate and pH in calcium stone-forming patients

Kidney International

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1066-1071

  Baxmann, Alessandra Calábria ^a   Mendonça, Claudia De O G ^a   Heilberg, Ita Pfeferman ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ascorbate; Kidney stone; Oxalate; Urinary calculi; Urinary pH; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; CITRIC ACID; CREATININE; EDETIC ACID; MAGNESIUM; OXALIC ACID; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM STONE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STONE FORMATION; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 0037338667     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00815.x     Document Type: Article

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