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Abstract
Stones in the KIDNEY, usually formed in the urine-collecting area of the kidney (KIDNEY PELVIS). Their sizes vary and most contains CALCIUM OXALATE.
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- Kidney Stones
- Nephrolith
- Renal Calculi
- Renal Calculus
- Calculi, Kidney
- Calculi, Renal
- Calculus, Kidney
- Calculus, Renal
- Kidney Calculus
- Kidney Stone
- Stone, Kidney
- Stones, Kidney
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.
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chemical composition of calculi = KIDNEY CALCULI /chem
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Kidney Calculi. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007669. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007669
- Kidney Calculi. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidney_stone_disease
- Kidney Calculi. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q178623