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Association of calcium urolithiasis with urokinase P141L and 3'-UTR C>T polymorphisms in a Japanese population.
Urolithiasis - 1 Feb 2013
Hagikura Shoichi, Wakai Kenji, Kawai Sayo, Goto Yasuyuki, Naito Mariko, Hagikura Minako, Gotoh Momokazu, Hamajima Nobuyuki
Abstract excerpt
This was a case-control study to analyze the associations between calcium urolithiasis and the urokinase polymorphisms, P141L (rs2227564) and 3'-UTR C>T (rs4065), in a Japanese population. Cases consisted of 232 patients with urinary calcium stones (174 men and 58 women) who presented to a general hospital between April 2009 and June 2011. Among these cases, 115 (49.6 %) patients had calcium oxalate stones alone,...
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