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Little is known about stone formation in endocrine disorders of the thyroid gland such as hypo- and hyper-thyroidism (1). We examined 31 female individuals: euthyroid healthy controls (n=10); hypothyroid patients (n=13); and hyperthyroid patients (n=8). Goitrous and non-goitrous subjects without a history of stones were found in the two patient populations. The age range of the study populations was 16–83 years. We measured calcio-tropic hormones and variables of mineral metabolism in serum and urine, the relative supersaturation products (RSP) using EQUIL, and the discriminatory index (DI) (2).
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Gottlieb, D., Sarig, S., Schwille, P.O. (1989). Is There a Role for the Thyroid Gland in Renal Calcium-Stone Formation?. 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_195
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