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Multiple urolithiasis in bilharziasis patients

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A total of 780 patients were operated on for lithiasis. Among them 97 presented multiple urolithiasis which was often associated with Schistosoma infection. Bilharziasis, in accord with theoretical considerations, plays a part in the formation of calculi, especially in that of multiple urolithiasis.

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  1. Department of Urology, Semmelweis University Medical School, Budapest

    T. Lukács, D. Frang & L. Pajor

  2. Al-Thawra General Hospital, Sanaa, Arab Republic of Yemen

    A. A. El-Seaghy

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Lukács, T., Frang, D., El-Seaghy, A.A. et al. Multiple urolithiasis in bilharziasis patients. International Urology and Nephrology 21, 269–273 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02559736

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