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Problems related to the measurement of crystallization conditions in whole urine

Report from a workshop held on November 25, 1988 in Basle

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  1. Department of Urology, Regionalspital, Biel, Switzerland

    J. M. Baumann

  2. Stone Research Laboratory, Regionalspital, Biel, Switzerland

    J. M. Baumann

  3. Department of Urology, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland

    D. Ackermann

  4. Department of Surgery/Division of Urology, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

    C. M. Brown

  5. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

    D. L. Purich

  6. Urologische Universitätsklinik, Inselspital, CH-3010, Bern, Switzerland

    D. Ackermann

  7. Department of Urology, University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden

    H.-G. Tiselius

  8. Department of Medicine, University Hospital, Zürich, Switzerland

    B. Hess

  9. Nephrology Program, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, USA

    B. Hess,  Nakagawa & F. L. Coe

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Supported in part by NIH grant DK 20586-11

Supported in part by NIH grant DK 20586-11

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Baumann, J.M., Ackermann, D., Brown, C.M. et al. Problems related to the measurement of crystallization conditions in whole urine. Urol. Res. 17, 143–151 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00256241

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