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Epidemiology of urolithiasis in Pakistan

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Part of the book series: Developments in Nephrology ((DINE,volume 38))

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Patterns of stone disease in impoverished nations vary from that in the first world. The pattern in Pakistan, a developing nation emerging from the third world, forms an interesting case study because of the coexistence of both first and third world conditions.

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    Jamsheer Talati , Roger A. L. Sutton , Farhat Moazam  & Mushtaq Ahmed , ,  & 

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Talati, J. et al. (1997). Epidemiology of urolithiasis in Pakistan. In: Talati, J., Sutton, R.A.L., Moazam, F., Ahmed, M. (eds) The Management of Lithiasis. Developments in Nephrology, vol 38. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5396-6_3

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