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Effect of Oral Orthophosphate on Calcium Crystalluria in Stone-Formers

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Urolithiasis Research

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Recently it has been shown by us (1) that the controlling factor in determining the risk of forming calcium oxalate stones is a function of both the saturation of urine with calcium oxalate and the degree to which urine will inhibit the growth and aggregation of calcium oxalate crystals. These factors have been combined in a ‘saturation-inhibition index’ which appears to reflect the risk of forming calcium oxalate stones.

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  1. Robertson, W.G., Peacock, M., Marshall, R.W., Marshall, D.H. & Nordin, B.E.C. New Eng. J. Med. 294, 249–252 (1976).

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  1. M.R.C. Mineral Metabolism Unit, The General Infirmary, Leeds, LSl 3EX, England

    W. G. Robertson, M. Peacock, R. W. Marshall, C. K. Varnavides, P. J. Heyburn & B. E. C. Nordin

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  1. Pathophysiologishes Institut der Universität Bern, Berne, Switzerland

    H. Fleisch

  2. The General Infirmary, Leeds, UK

    W. G. Robertson

  3. The Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA

    L. H. Smith

  4. Urologische Universitätsklinik, Bonn, Germany

    W. Vahlensieck

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Robertson, W.G., Peacock, M., Marshall, R.W., Varnavides, C.K., Heyburn, P.J., Nordin, B.E.C. (1976). Effect of Oral Orthophosphate on Calcium Crystalluria in Stone-Formers. In: Fleisch, H., Robertson, W.G., Smith, L.H., Vahlensieck, W. (eds) Urolithiasis Research. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-4295-3_44

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