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Kidney Stones and Pregnancy

Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease, 2013
Kidney stones are common and do not spare the pregnant population. Although a simple stone event is usually straightforward in the general population, it is complex during pregnancy. Acute nephrolithiasis is associated with a unique set of complications during pregnancy and, because of imaging limitations, diagnosis is challenging.
Michelle J, Semins, Brian R, Matlaga
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Kidney stone proteomics: an update and perspectives

Espert Review of Proteomics, 2021
Introduction Main problems of kidney stone disease are its increasing prevalence and high recurrence rate after calculi removal in almost all areas around the globe.
P. Peerapen, V. Thongboonkerd
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Diet and Kidney Stones

New England Journal of Medicine, 2002
Kidney and bladder stones cause excruciating pain, tend to recur, and are distressingly common. Roughly 10 percent of persons in the United States will have at least one stone in the course of their lives. The disorder has a long history. Stones have been found in Egyptian mummies and have been mentioned in histories of Babylonia and ancient China ...
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Kidney and Ureteral Stones

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, 2019
Renal colic is a common complaint that presents to the emergency department. It is estimated that 13% of men and 7% of women will develop a renal stone. There is a high probability of recurrence, with 50% within 5 years. Computed tomographic scan of the abdomen and pelvis without contrast and the ultrasound of the kidneys, ureters, and bladder are the ...
Jill, Corbo, Jessica, Wang
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The First Kidney Stone

Annals of Internal Medicine, 1989
The proper approach to diagnosis and management in patients with a first episode of a calcium-containing kidney stone is controversial, and we have reviewed the literature in a search for objective information. Six large retrospective studies show the "natural cumulative recurrence rate of renal stones" to be 14% at 1 year, 35% at 5 years, and 52% at ...
J, Uribarri, M S, Oh, H J, Carroll
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Genetics of kidney stone disease-Polygenic meets monogenic.

Néphrologie & Thérapeutique, 2021
Kidney stone disease comprising nephrolithiasis and nephrocalcinosis is a clinical syndrome of increasing prevalence with remarkable heterogeneity. Stone composition, age of manifestation, rate of recurrence, and impairment of kidney function varies with
J. Halbritter
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Pharmacotherapy of kidney stones

Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy, 2008
Kidney stones are associated with various biochemical disturbances in urine. Various drugs and dietary changes have been recommended to halt stone recurrence.To determine whether a correction of urinary abnormalities by appropriate pharmacological agents and dietary modification may ameliorate stone disease.A review of the literature was conducted on ...
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Kidney Stone Analysis

Postgraduate Medicine, 1969
Why analyze kidney stones? This is more than an academic question, for the answer may help the physician identify the source of the stone. A calcium stone (about 90 percent of stones contain calcium) often signifies hypercalcemia; uric acid stone, accelerated nucleic acid breakdown; triple phosphate stone, urinary tract infection; and cystine or ...
John B. Henry   +2 more
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Imaging for kidney stones

World Journal of Urology, 2004
Imaging investigations play a vital role in the management of patients with kidney stones. The techniques available include plain x-ray of the abdomen, ultrasound scan, intravenous urogram, computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging, amongst others.
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Stone formation in human kidney

Urological Research, 1987
Microscopic crystals were found by SEM analysis in kidneys of stone forming patients as well as in kidneys of non-stone formers. In most samples calcifications were intratubular in the collecting ducts near the papillary tip. 1-2 micron sized particles lay in a gelatinous substance on the epithelium.
Hering, F.   +5 more
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