Effect of calcium intake on urinary oxalate excretion in calcium stone-forming patients
Dietary calcium lowers the risk of nephrolithiasis due to a decreased absorption of dietary oxalate that is bound by intestinal calcium. The aim of the present study was to evaluate oxaluria in normocalciuric and hypercalciuric lithiasic patients under different calcium intake. Fifty patients (26 fe...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2002-01-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2002000600006 |