A review of urinary stone analysis techniques

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1462-1467

  Abdel Halim, Rabie E ^a   Abdel Halim, Mostafa R ^b  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b DORSET COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FIBER OPTICS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STONE ANALYSIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; UROLITHIASIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; RADIOGRAPHY;

HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 36049009322     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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