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Sex and Stones: Sex and Stones May Break Your Bones, but Water Will Not Harm You!

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While stones are common among men and women there are stone-related factors that vary between the sexes. Certain disease states are gender specific and gender neutral. Various disease states are associated with nephrolithiasis. This chapter addresses some of the gender barriers that exist between men and woman regarding nephrolithiasis.

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Schulsinger, D.A. (2015). Sex and Stones: Sex and Stones May Break Your Bones, but Water Will Not Harm You! . In: Schulsinger, D. (eds) Kidney Stone Disease. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12105-5_10

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