Concentrated urine and diluted urine: The effects of citrate and magnesium on the crystallization of calcium oxalate induced in vitro by an oxalate load

Urological Research

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 359-364

  Guerra, Angela ^a   Meschi, Tiziana ^a   Allegri, Franca ^a   Prati, Beatrice ^a   Nouvenne, Antonio ^a   Fiaccadori, Enrico ^a   Borghi, Loris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calcium nephrolithiasis; Calcium oxalate crystallization; Citrate; Magnesium; Oxalate; Urinary volume

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM OXALATE; CITRIC ACID; MAGNESIUM; OXALIC ACID; WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; HUMAN; HYDRATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS; URINE VOLUME;

CALCIUM OXALATE; CITRATES; CRYSTALLIZATION; HUMANS; MAGNESIUM; MALE; OXALATES; URINARY CALCULI; URINE;

EID: 33751543917     PISSN: 03005623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00240-006-0067-z     Document Type: Article

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