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[Physiopathology of idiopathic calcium lithiasis]
P Bataille1, A Fournier, N el Esper
1Service de Néphrologie-Hémodialyse, Centre Hospitalier de Boulogne s/mer.
Nephrologie
|January 1, 1990
Abstract:
In this review article the various steps and local mechanisms of stone formations are summarized. Then the pathophysiology of the various risk factors namely urinary excretion of calcium, oxalate, uric acid, urine volume, urine pH and urinary inhibitors of stone formation is extensively discussed.