Neutron activation analysis of urinary calculi

Conference · Mon Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1974

OSTI ID:4063311

Souka, N; Souka, S; Sanad, W; Abdel-Rassoul, A A; Vogt, J R; Meyer, W ^[1]

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Urinary calculi resulting from disorders in the urinary system are mostly composed of uric acid, urates, calcium oxalate, alkaline earth phosphates (Ca and Mg), triple phosphate (magnesium ammonium phosphate), calcium carbonate, cystine, xanthine, and traces of proteins. The determination of these macro- constituents has been carried out by different analytical procedures. No attempts however, have been reported regarding the determination of trace elements in urinary stones, apart from that of Herring et al., who investigated the consumption of strontium by urolithiasis patients. The present work is a non- destructive neutron activation analysis of urinary calculi, to search the variation in concentration of certain trace elements with the chemical composition of the calculus.

• Research Organization: Atomic Energy Establishment, Cairo; Missouri Univ., Columbia (USA). Coll. of Engineering
• NSA Number: NSA-33-023332
• OSTI ID: 4063311
• Report Number(s): CONF-740701--
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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*CALCIUM CARBONATES-- ACTIVATION ANALYSIS
*CALCIUM COMPOUNDS-- ACTIVATION ANALYSIS
*CALCULI-- ACTIVATION ANALYSIS
*CYSTINE-- ACTIVATION ANALYSIS
*OXALATES-- ACTIVATION ANALYSIS
*PROTEINS-- ACTIVATION ANALYSIS
*URIC ACID-- ACTIVATION ANALYSIS
*URINARY TRACT
*XANTHINES-- ACTIVATION ANALYSIS
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UROGENITAL SYSTEM DISEASES