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Genetics and calcium nephrolithiasis.
Kidney international - 1 Sept 2011
Vezzoli Giuseppe, Terranegra Annalisa, Arcidiacono Teresa, Soldati Laura
Abstract excerpt
Calcium nephrolithiasis is one of the most prevalent uronephrologic disorders in the western countries. Studies in families and twins evidenced a genetic predisposition to calcium nephrolithiasis. Family-based or case-control studies of single-candidate genes evidenced the possible involvement of calcium-sensing receptor (CASR), vitamin D receptor (VDR), and osteopontin (OPN) gene polymorphisms in stone...
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