Characterization of melamine-associated urinary stones in children with consumption of melamine-contaminated infant formula

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 413, Issue 11-12, 2012, Pages 985-991

  Chang, Hong ^a   Shi, Xiaofeng ^b   Shen, Wei ^b   Wang, Wei ^a   Yue, Zhongjin ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Medical Scientific Institution   (China)

Author keywords

HPLC; Infrared spectrum; Melamine; SEM; Urinary stones; XRD

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; MELAMINE; URATE; URIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROSTOLITHOTOMY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UROLITHIASIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

APATITES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; TRIAZINES; URIC ACID; URINARY CALCULI; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84862776786     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: 18733492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2012.02.025     Document Type: Article

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