Melamine-contaminated powdered formula and urolithiasis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 360, Issue 25, 2009, Pages 2675-2678

  Ji, Kunmei ^a   Zhu, Shenglang ^b   Liu, Zhigang ^a  

^a SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b The 6th Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University Health Science Center   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; GLUCONATE CALCIUM; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; MELAMINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

B SCAN; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; INTOXICATION; LETTER; MELAMINE POISONING; NEPHROLITHIASIS; POWDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 67449146921     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc090741     Document Type: Letter

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