A nidus, crystalluria and aggregation: Key ingredients for stone enlargement

Urological Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-15

  Saw, N K ^a   Rao, P N ^b   Kavanagh, J P ^b  

^a LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Calcium; Crystallisation kinetics; Oxalate; Stone growth

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM OXALATE; OXALIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM OXALATE STONE; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLURIA; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STONE FORMATION;

CALCIUM; CALCIUM OXALATE; CRYSTALLIZATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXALATES; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 39049114745     PISSN: 03005623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00240-007-0121-5     Document Type: Article

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