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Recent advances in managing and understanding nephrolithiasis/nephrocalcinosis
2016-04-18
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Urinary stone disease is a very common disease whose prevalence is still increasing. Stone formation is frequently associated with other diseases of affluence such as hypertension, osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome, and insulin resistance. The increasing concentration of lithogenic solutes along the different segments of the nephron involves supersaturation conditions leading to the formatio...
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- 16af69c3-c423-5e83-86e0-363854aff484
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- 10.12688/f1000research.7126.1