Abstract
Human pancreatic stones consist predominantly of calcium carbonate. In this note I report on a study of the carbon and oxygen isotope composition of pancreatic calculi from three different geographic areas (India, Italy, Federal Republic of Germany). The objectives were
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to relate isotopic variations to geographic enrivonment,
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to evaluate the extent to which biochemical isotopic fractionations are significant in stone formation, and
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to compare the carbon isotopic composition of pancreatic stones with that of kidney stones.
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Hoefs, J. (1990). The Carbon and Oxygen Isotope Composition of Pancreatic Stones. In: Beger, H.G., Büchler, M., Ditschuneit, H., Malfertheiner, P. (eds) Chronic Pancreatitis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75319-0_18
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