The importance of citrates in treatment and prophylaxis of calcium oxalate urinary stones

About 10% of the people is the subject of an episode of kidney stones during their lifetime, about 70% of these people undergoes relapses. About 80% of the urinary stones contains calcium, of wich 80% is formed of calcium oxalate, in pure form or associated with calcium phosphate. Therefore we can s...

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Main Authors: Michele Barbera, Andreas Tsirgiotis, Mauro Barbera, Quintino Paola
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2016-12-01
Series:Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia
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Online Access:http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/aiua/article/view/6565