Preliminary evidence hints at a protective role for boron in urolithiasis

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 207-209

  Naghii, Mohammad R ^a   Einollahi, Behzad ^a   Rostami, Zohreh ^a  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; BORATE SODIUM; BORIC ACID; BORON; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; OSTEOPONTIN; OXALIC ACID; PHOSPHORUS; SERUM AMYLOID A; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AVOCADO; CALCIUM EXCRETION; CALCIUM URINE LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAPE; HEMATURIA; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; HYPEROXALURIA; KIDNEY COLIC; LEGUME; LETTER; LIQUID; LITHOTRIPSY; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MENOPAUSE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NEPHROLITHOTOMY; PAIN; PEANUT; PECAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RISK FACTOR; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THERMODYNAMICS; URETERAL SPASM; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE VOLUME; UROLITHIASIS; WINE;

ADULT; BORON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRACE ELEMENTS; UROLITHIASIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858804355     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2011.0865     Document Type: Letter

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