Objectives Serotonin (5‐hydroxytryptophan), implicated in a number of canine diseases, has a very short half‐life in the serum. Urine concentration of its breakdown product 5‐hydroxyindole acetic acid after an 8 hour fast is a more reliable measure of circulating serotonin in humans.
D. Castillo +3 more
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Identification of Key Genes Associated with Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Calcium Oxalate Kidney Stones. [PDF]
Tan Z +6 more
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Probiotics in the prevention and treatment of calcium oxalate kidney stones: mechanisms and therapeutic potential. [PDF]
Yang J, Li D, Li T, Jia B.
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Objectives To evaluate the utility of preoperative feline renal parenchymal volume derived from computed tomography in predicting the serum creatinine concentration during the long‐term postoperative period. Materials and Methods In this retrospective clinical study, we included 13 client‐owned cats with normal kidneys and 24 cats with hydronephrosis ...
T. Nagumo +6 more
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Association between accelerated biological aging and kidney stones and role of insulin resistance: a cross-sectional NHANES study. [PDF]
Shi F, Zhou X, Zhou Z, Wang D.
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More Science Than Art: The First Botanical Garden in Portugal (c. 1650)
ABSTRACT Gabriel Grisley, a German physician, came to Portugal and founded a garden near the Xabregas River in Lisbon, during the 1610s under the Spanish kings' rule. In view of the utility a botanic garden represented for the kingdom, he was able to obtain a royal privilege from King João IV during the Restauration War against the Spanish (1640–1668).
Ana Duarte Rodrigues
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Association between CKD and Kidney Stones: A Reliable Relationship? [PDF]
Zheng G, Zeng T.
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‘Chrystalline Talk’: Thomas Browne's Poetics of Concretion and Mineral Plain Style
ABSTRACT This article charts the figuration, both material and rhetorical, of mineral bodies in early modern natural philosophy, paying particular attention to the second book of Thomas Browne's Pseudodoxia Epidemica (1646). It argues that concretions (stony calculi and crystals formed through the aggregation of physical matter) make manifest a mineral
Jess Dunmore
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A gender-based investigation of risk factors for infectious complications after percutaneous nephrolithotomy for kidney stones: insight for personalized management. [PDF]
Passarelli F +9 more
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