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Physicians managing stone disease need to anticipate and prevent recurrence of stone formation. Can they reach out further — can they predict the person who is going to form his first stone? Prevention of both the first stone and recurrence is important if the physician is to reduce the incidence of stone related end-stage renal failure.
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Talati, J. (1997). Introduction: Prevention of urinary tract calculi. 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_40
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