Therapeutic action of citrate in urolithiasis explained by chemical speciation: Increase in pH is the determinant factor

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 361-369

  Rodgers, Allen ^a   Allie Hamdulay, Shameez ^a   Jackson, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Chemical speciation in urine; Urinary calcium citrate complexes; Urinary pH; Urolithiasis management

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CALCIUM OXALATE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE DIBASIC; CITRATE CALCIUM; CITRATE SODIUM; CITROSODA; TARTARIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM URINE LEVEL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STONE FORMATION; THERMODYNAMICS; URINALYSIS; URINE PH; UROLITHIASIS;

CALCIUM OXALATE; CITRIC ACID; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; URINALYSIS; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 31544454141     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfi211     Document Type: Article

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