Composition and clinically determined hardness of urinary tract stones

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 316-323

  Ringdén, Ida ^b   Tiselius, Hans Göran ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Crystal phases; Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy; Hardness factor; Hardness index; Stone composition

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM MAGNESIUM PHOSPHATE; APATITE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE DIBASIC; CYSTINE; HYDROXYAPATITE; URATE; URIC ACID; WEDDELLITE; WHEWELLITE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYSTAL; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENERGY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; HARDNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIXED INFECTION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RECORDING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOCK WAVE; UROLITHIASIS;

APATITES; CALCIUM OXALATE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATES; CYSTINE; DURAPATITE; HARDNESS; HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHATES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URIC ACID; URINARY CALCULI; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 34548437008     PISSN: 00365599     EISSN: 16512065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365590601154551     Document Type: Article

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