Renal stone analysis: Why and how?

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 91-97

  Kasidas, G P ^a   Samuell, C T ^a   Weir, T B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; BLOOD ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PATIENT CARE; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STONE ANALYSIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; URINALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; RISK FACTORS; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; URINALYSIS; URINARY CALCULI; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 1942438018     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/000456304322879962     Document Type: Review

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