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Urinary Excretion of Citrate and Female Steroid Hormones

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Urolithiasis 2

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Women usually have higher urinary citrate excretion than men. The reason for this is not fully understood. Early observations on variations in urinary citrate excretion during the menstrual cycle have, however, indicated that it might be due to effects of female steroid hormones1.

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  1. E Shorr, AR Bernheim, H Taussky, Regulation of urinary citric acid excretion to menstrual cycle and steroidal reproductive hormones, Science 95: 606 (1942).

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  1. Departments of Urology, University Hospital, DK-5000, Odense C, Denmark

    P. J. Osther

  2. Departments of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital, DK-5000, Odense C, Denmark

    H. Mathiasen

  3. Departments of Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital, DK-5000, Odense C, Denmark

    A. B. Hansen

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  1. Flinders Medical Centre, South Australia, Australia

    Rosemary Ryall  & Villis R. Marshall  & 

  2. Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide, Australia

    Renze Bais  & Allan M. Rofe  & 

  3. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA

    Lynwood H. Smith

  4. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    Valerie R. Walker

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Osther, P.J., Mathiasen, H., Hansen, A.B. (1994). Urinary Excretion of Citrate and Female Steroid Hormones. In: Ryall, R., Bais, R., Marshall, V.R., Rofe, A.M., Smith, L.H., Walker, V.R. (eds) Urolithiasis 2. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2556-1_25

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