Childhood urinary stones induced by melamine-tainted formula: How much we know, how much we don't know

Kidney International

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 780-782

  Ding, Jie ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Children; Kidney; Melamine; Urolithiasis

Indexed keywords

MELAMINE;

ARTIFICIAL MILK; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KIDNEY INJURY; METABOLISM; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; REVIEW; TUBULAR DYSFUNCTION; URIC ACID STONE; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 63949085164     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2009.30     Document Type: Short Survey

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