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The Inhibitory Effect of Polymeric Carboxylic Amino-Acids and Urine on Calcium Oxalate Crystallization

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Urolithiasis

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The “organic matrix” which precipitates out with almost every stone is believed, by some investigators, to contain the compounds involved in renal stone formation. It has been shown that up to 50% of the protein in the matrix is a combination of glutamic and aspartic acids1.

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  1. Casali Institute of Applied Chemistry, School of Applied Science and Technology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

    Nissim Garti, Francoise Tibika & Sara Sarig

  2. Department of Urology, Hadassah-Medical School, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

    Shaul Perlberg

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  1. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA

    Lynwood H. Smith

  2. The General Infirmary, Leeds, England

    William G. Robertson

  3. University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA

    Birdwell Finlayson

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Garti, N., Tibika, F., Sarig, S., Perlberg, S. (1981). The Inhibitory Effect of Polymeric Carboxylic Amino-Acids and Urine on Calcium Oxalate Crystallization. In: Smith, L.H., Robertson, W.G., Finlayson, B. (eds) Urolithiasis. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8977-4_105

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