Medical management of stone disease

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 229-233

  Delvecchio, Fernando C ^a   Preminger, Glenn M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium stones; Diet; Metabolic treatment; Nephrolithiasis; Oxalobacter

Indexed keywords

OXALIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BONE DEMINERALIZATION; CALCIUM INTAKE; CALCIUM URINE LEVEL; DIET; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; OSTEOLYSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; UROLITHIASIS;

CALCIUM OXALATE; CALCIUM, DIETARY; CLINICAL TRIALS; DIETARY PROTEINS; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; URIC ACID;

EID: 0038065300     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042307-200305000-00011     Document Type: Review

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