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Non-contrast computed tomography characteristics in a large cohort of cystinuria patients.
World journal of urology - 1 Jul 2021
Warren Hannah, Poon Daniel, Srinivasan Rohit, Thomas Kerushan, Rottenberg Giles, Bultitude Matthew, Thomas Kay
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Cystine stones are widely considered hard and difficult to treat. Hounsfield Units (HU) are used in other stone types to estimate 'hardness' and treatments based on that finding. Our objective was to report mean HU of cystine stones in vivo in a large case series of cystinuria patients and assess for differences in genotype. METHODS: A prospective case series of cystinuria patients referred to a...
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