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Overweight and Calcium Stone Disease

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Urolithiasis

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Abstract

Calcium stone disease prevails in the developed countries and has continued to increase during the present century with concomitant industrialization and affluence. Dietary habits in particular appear to play an important role in favoring the risk of urinary calcium stones. Therefore we investigated the prevalence of overweight patients with idiopathic calcium urolithiasis (ICU) and its relationship with some urinary parameters.

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  1. Servizio di Nefrologia e Dialisi, Divisione di Urologia, Ente Ospedaliero, Casale Monferrato, Italia

    G. Vagelli, G. Calabrese, V. Ferraris, A. Mazzotta, G. Pratesi & M. Gonella

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  2. G. Calabrese
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  1. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    Valerie R. Walker , Roger A. L. Sutton  & E. C. Bert Cameron ,  & 

  2. Southwestern Medical Center, University of Texas, Dallas, Texas, USA

    Charles Y. C. Pak

  3. King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    William G. Robertson

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Vagelli, G., Calabrese, G., Ferraris, V., Mazzotta, A., Pratesi, G., Gonella, M. (1989). Overweight and Calcium Stone Disease. In: Walker, V.R., Sutton, R.A.L., Cameron, E.C.B., Pak, C.Y.C., Robertson, W.G. (eds) Urolithiasis. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0873-5_239

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