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Metabolic disorders in patients with calcium urolithiasis

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In the last two decades, intensive research work has been done in the field of urolithiasis. Due to improved and extended diagnostic methods, it has been recognized that metabolic disturbances play an important role in stone disease.

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Butz, M. Metabolic disorders in patients with calcium urolithiasis. International Urology and Nephrology 18, 131–139 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02082598

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