Inhibition of calcium oxalate crystallization by commercial human serum albumin and human urinary albumin isolated from two different race groups: Evidence for possible molecular differences

Urological Research

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 373-380

  Rodgers, Allen L ^a   Mensah, Priscilla D ^a   Schwager, Sylva L ^a   Sturrock, Edward D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Albumin; Calcium oxalate; Crystal inhibition; Crystallization; Race groups; Urinary proteins

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CALCIUM OXALATE; HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN; HUMAN URINARY ALBUMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; URINALYSIS;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALBUMINS; CALCIUM OXALATE; CRYSTALLIZATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; MALE; SERUM ALBUMIN; URINARY CALCULI; URINE;

EID: 33751509231     PISSN: 03005623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00240-006-0070-4     Document Type: Article

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