Spectrum of stone composition: Structural analysis of 1050 upper urinary tract calculi from northern India

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 12-16

  Ansari, Mohd S ^a,b   Gupta, Narmada P ^a   Hemal, Ashok K ^a   Dogra, Premnath N ^a   Seth, Amlesh ^a   Aron, Monish ^a   Singh, Tej P ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Northern India; Stone composition; Structural analysis; Urinary calculi

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM MAGNESIUM PHOSPHATE; CALCIUM OXALATE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; OXALIC ACID; STRUVITE; URIC ACID; WHEWELLITE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPHROLITHOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAGHORN STONE; STONE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; UROLITHIASIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APATITES; CALCIUM OXALATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHATES; POWDER DIFFRACTION; URIC ACID; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 14744290232     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2004.00990.x     Document Type: Article

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