Can the Bonn Risk Index be replaced by a simple measurement of the urinary concentration of free calcium ions?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 173, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2175-2177

  Laube, Norbert ^a   Hergarten, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcium oxalate; Risk; Urinary calculi; Urinary tract

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM OXALATE; CALCIUM ION; OXALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BONN RISK INDEX; CALCIUM URINE LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRYSTALLIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 18744399586     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000158128.21188.ff     Document Type: Article

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