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Abstract
Low-density crystals or stones in any part of the URINARY TRACT. Their chemical compositions often include CALCIUM OXALATE, magnesium ammonium phosphate (struvite), CYSTINE, or URIC ACID.
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- Urinary Stones
- Urinary Tract Stones
- Calculi, Urinary
- Calculus, Urinary
- Stone, Urinary
- Stone, Urinary Tract
- Stones, Urinary
- Stones, Urinary Tract
- Urinary Calculus
- Urinary Stone
- Urinary Tract Stone
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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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general or unspecified; consider URINARY BLADDER CALCULI; KIDNEY CALCULI; URETERAL CALCULI; chemical composition of calculi: use /chem; /ultrastruct permitted
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1963
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Urinary Calculi. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014545. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014545
- Urinary Calculi. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3650513