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Does antibiotic use explain the discrepancy of urolithiasis prevalence between countries?

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  1. Hotel-Dieu de France, University of Saint Joseph, Beirut, Lebanon

    Aya Karam, Georges Mjaess & Fouad Aoun

  2. Department of Urology, Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels, Belgium

    Fouad Aoun & Thierry Roumeguere

  3. Department of Urology, University Clinics of Brussels, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

    Simone Albisinni & Thierry Roumeguere

  4. Department of Gastro-Enterology, University Clinics of Brussels, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

    Haydeh Vafa

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Conceptualization: AK and GM; data collection: GM; data analysis: AK, GM, FA and SA; writing—manuscript draft: AK, GM and HV; writing—review and editing: FA, SA and TR; supervision: HV and TR.

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Karam, A., Mjaess, G., Aoun, F. et al. Does antibiotic use explain the discrepancy of urolithiasis prevalence between countries?. Urolithiasis 49, 181–182 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00240-020-01229-z

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