Technical Note

Kidney International (1984) 26, 767–768; doi:10.1038/ki.1984.214

Kinetics of crystal growth in urine

Sushma S Gaur1 and George H Nancollas1

1Chemistry Department, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York

Correspondence: Dr G H Nancollas, Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Buffalo, Acheson Hall, Main Street Campus, Buffalo, New York 14214, USA

Received 9 March 1984; Revised 15 May 1984.

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