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Food supplementation based on potassium citrate, magnesium and probiotics reduces crystalluria in patients undergoing endourological surgery for stone disease: report from a pilot study

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The authors would like to thank Dr. Cristiano Gasparoli who took care about the evaluation of the urinalysis of interest for the purpose of the study.

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  1. Department of Urology, “San Carlo di Nancy” Hospital – GVM Care & Research, Via Aurelia 275, 00165, Rome, Italy

    Matteo Vittori, Marta Signoretti, Chiara Cipriani, Michele Antonucci & Pierluigi Bove

  2. Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, Urology Unit, University of L’Aquila, Coppito, AQ, Italy

    Marta Signoretti

  3. Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche, U.O.S. Terapia Conservativa della Malattia Renale Cronica, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, IRCCS, Rome, Italia

    Pietro Manuel Ferraro

  4. Dipartimento Universitario di Medicina e Chirurgia Traslazionale, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italia

    Pietro Manuel Ferraro

  5. Urology Unit, Department of Surgery, Tor Vergata University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Pierluigi Bove

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Protocol/project development: MV, PMF, PB Data collection or management: MS, CC Data analysis: MV, CC, PMF Manuscript writing/editing: MV, MS, CC, PB.

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Vittori, M., Signoretti, M., Cipriani, C. et al. Food supplementation based on potassium citrate, magnesium and probiotics reduces crystalluria in patients undergoing endourological surgery for stone disease: report from a pilot study. Urolithiasis 50, 651–652 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00240-022-01348-9

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