Assessment of stone composition in the management of urinary stones

Nature Reviews Urology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 81-85

  Kijvikai, Kittinut ^a   De La Rosette, J J M ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM OXALATE; STRUVITE; URIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; CALCIUM OXALATE STONE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; HUMAN; METABOLIC DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; STONE FORMATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; UROLITHIASIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; LITHOTRIPSY; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 79951515658     PISSN: 17594812     EISSN: 17594820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrurol.2010.209     Document Type: Review

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