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A common molecular basis for three inherited kidney stone diseases.
Nature - 1 Feb 1996
Lloyd S E, Pearce S H, Fisher S E, Steinmeyer K, Schwappach B, Scheinman S J, Harding B, Bolino A, Devoto M, Goodyer P, Rigden S P, Wrong O, Jentsch T J, Craig I W, Thakker R V
Abstract excerpt
Kidney stones (nephrolithiasis), which affect 12% of males and 5% of females in the western world, are familial in 45% of patients and are most commonly associated with hypercalciuria. Three disorders of hypercalciuric nephrolithiasis (Dent's disease, X-linked recessive nephrolithiasis (XRN), and...
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