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Increased fluid intake and adequate dietary modification may be enough for the successful treatment of uric acid stone

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Uric acid stones are the most readily dissolvable of all types of urinary stones. The present paper describes two patients with uric acid stones in kidney and ureter, whom we have treated successfully only by a combination of increased fluid intake and adequate dietary modification.

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  1. Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea University, 148 Guro-dong, Guro-gu, Seoul, 152-703, The Republic of Korea

    Ji Yun Chae, Jong Wook Kim, Jin Wook Kim, Cheol Yong Yoon, Hong Seok Park, Du Geon Moon & Mi Mi Oh

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Chae, J.Y., Kim, J.W., Kim, J.W. et al. Increased fluid intake and adequate dietary modification may be enough for the successful treatment of uric acid stone. Urolithiasis 41, 179–182 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00240-012-0530-y

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