Molecular epidemiology of fecal Oxalobacter formigenes in healthy adults living in Seoul, Korea

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 239-243

  Kwak, Cheol ^a   Jeong, Byong Chang ^a   Kim, Hee Kyung ^a   Kim, Eui Chong ^a   Chox, Myung Sik ^a   Kim, Hyeon Hoe ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CARBOXYLYASE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; OXALIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FECES; FEMALE; GENE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXALOBACTER FORMIGENES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH KOREA; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 0038320128     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/089277903765444384     Document Type: Article

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