Chronic dehydration and symptomatic upper urinary tract stones in young adults in Ibadan, Nigeria

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 146-150

  Olapade Olaopa, E O ^a   Agunloye, A ^a   Ogunlana, D I ^a   Owoaje, E T ^a   Marinho, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b St Gregory's Medical Center   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Dehydration; Nigeria; Religious fasting; Upper urinary tract; Urolithiasis; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CALCIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEHYDRATION; DIET RESTRICTION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NIGERIA; RELIGION; RENOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 4043078599     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wajm.v23i2.28108     Document Type: Article

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