Mineralogical Studies of Urine: The Relationship of Apatite, Brushite and Struvite to Urinary pH
- 1 October 1958
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Urology
- Vol. 80 (4) , 269-271
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-5347(17)66177-9
Abstract
Urine was saturated with calcium phosphate, and the relationship of pH to the crystalline structure of the solid phase was investigated. In urine with a normal Ca/P ratio, '' apatite was present as a crystalline phase only with pH above 6.6, and struvite only above a pH of 7.2.Keywords
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