Determination of the chemical composition of urinary calculi by noncontrast spiral computerized tomography

Urological Research

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 99-104

  Sheir, Khaled Z ^a   Mansour, Osama ^b   Madbouly, Khaled ^a   Elsobky, Emad ^a   Abdel Khalek, Mohamed ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Calculi; Composition; Tomography; Urinary tract; X ray computed

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYAPATITE; STRUVITE; URIC ACID; WHEWELLITE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KIDNEY SURGERY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STONE ANALYSIS; UROLITHIASIS; UROLOGIC EXAMINATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 21544480007     PISSN: 03005623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00240-004-0454-2     Document Type: Article

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