Stabilization of calcium oxalate suspension by urinary macromolecules, probably an efficient protection from stone formation

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 267-272

  Baumann, J M ^a,d   Affolter, B ^a   Caprez, U ^a   Clivaz, C ^b   Gluck Z ^c   Weber, R ^b  

^a Stone Research Center Viollier   (Switzerland)

^b BERN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^c Hospital Center Biel   (Switzerland)

^d NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Calcium oxalate; Macromolecules; Suspension stability; Urolithiasis; Zeta potential

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CALCIUM OXALATE; CITRIC ACID; CREATININE; OXALIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM URINE LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLURIA; HEMOFILTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MACROMOLECULE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RENAL PROTECTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTATION; STONE FORMATION; TITRIMETRY; URINALYSIS; URINE; ZETA POTENTIAL;

CALCIUM OXALATE; CITRATES; CRYSTALLIZATION; HEMOFILTRATION; HUMANS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIME FACTORS; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 35348883635     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000107961     Document Type: Article

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