Randomized and double-blinded clinical trial of the safety and calcium kidney stone dissolving efficacy of Lapis judaicus

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 156, Issue , 2014, Pages 82-87

  Faridi, Pouya ^a   Seradj, Hassan ^b   Mohammadi Samani, Soliman ^b   Vossoughi, Mehrdad ^c   Mohagheghzadeh, Abdolali ^a   Roozbeh, Jamshid ^d  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Calcium oxalate; Chemolysis; Clinical trial; Kidney stone dissolving; Lapis judaicus; Traditional Iranian medicine

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIUROLITHIASIS AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CALCIUM; CREATININE; MAGNESIUM; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM STONE; CALCIUM URINE LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIURESIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPEPSIA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPIS JUDAICUS; MAGNESIUM URINE LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELATIVE DENSITY; SEA URCHIN; STOMACH IRRITATION; STONE SIZE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS; WEIGHT, MASS AND SIZE; ANIMAL; KIDNEY CALCULI; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MIDDLE AGED; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; SEA URCHINS;

EID: 84907188840     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2014.08.003     Document Type: Article

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