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TOF‐SIMS analysis of kidney stones possibly induced by the ingestion of melamine‐ containing milk products
Author(s) -
Sodhi R.,
Chen H.,
Yang SP.,
Hu B.,
Zeng X.,
Xiao RH.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
surface and interface analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1096-9918
pISSN - 0142-2421
DOI - 10.1002/sia.3456
Subject(s) - melamine , ingestion , kidney stones , kidney , chemistry , microstructure , medicine , biochemistry , crystallography , organic chemistry
Ingestion of melamine contaminated food likely product kidney stones and may leads to acute kidney failure in mammals. In this study, ToF‐SIMS has been applied to imaging the micro structure of kidney stone samples, revealing information of the micro structure of different stone samples. Our data indicate that the melamine‐induce stones were formed by different mechanisms. However, information obtained using other techniques is also required to correlate the detailed differences in the microstructure of the stone samples with the formation mechanism. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.