Investigation of the potential beneficial effects of supplemental polyunsaturated fatty acids and glycosaminoglycans on the risk factors for calcium oxalate kidney stone formation using theoretical, experimental and human models
Includes bibliographical references. === Introduction: Two hypotheses with regard to calcium oxalate (CaOx) renal stone formation were tested in this thesis. The first hypothesis is that fatty acid (FA) supplementation (n-6 and n-3) and chondroitin sulphate (CS) supplementation may reduce the plasma...
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| Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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University of Cape Town
2015
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13390 |