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Low urinary citrate excretion is thought to be an important risk factor for calcium nephrolithiasis, and hypocitraturia is referred to as a common biochemical finding in this disease (1, 2).
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Vitale, C., Marangella, M., Cosseddu, D., Bianco, O., Linari, F. (1989). Mechanisms of Hypocitraturia in Idiopathic 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_155
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