Urology
Volume 71, Issue 3 , Pages 379-383 , March 2008

Citrate Levels in Fresh Tomato Juice: A Possible Dietary Alternative to Traditional Citrate Supplementation in Stone-Forming Patients

  • Erdal Yilmaz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kirikkale, Kirikkale, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Erdal Yilmaz, M.D., Kirikkale Universitesi, Tip Fakultesi, Uroloji AD, Kirikkale 71100, Turkey.
    • ,
  • Ertan Batislam

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kirikkale, Kirikkale, Turkey
    • ,
  • Murad Basar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kirikkale, Kirikkale, Turkey
    • ,
  • Devrim Tuglu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kirikkale, Kirikkale, Turkey
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  • Imge Erguder

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ankara, Ankara, Turkey

Received 31 January 2007 ,Accepted 15 August 2007.

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PII: S0090-4295(07)02253-4

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2007.08.065

Urology
Volume 71, Issue 3 , Pages 379-383 , March 2008

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