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High urinary excretion of uric acid combined with high excretion of calcium links kidney stone disease to familial hypertension.
Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association - 1 Feb 2002
Tisler Andras, Pierratos Andreas, Honey John D'Arcy, Bull Shelley B, Rosivall Laszlo, Logan Alexander G
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BACKGROUND: Past studies identified an association between kidney stone disease (KSD) and hypertension. We recently reported a high occurrence of hypertension in families of patients with hyperuricosuric KSD. As hypercalciura frequently coexists with hyperuricosuria and high urinary excretion of calcium is found in patients with hypertension, we hypothesized that hyperuricosuria that is accompanied by...
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