Measurement of total-body 40potassium in patients with urate calculi.
Fifty-eight patients with urate calculi and 31 patients with other (non-urate) calculi were examined for total-body potassium by means of a total-body counter. The patients with urate calculosis were found to differ significantly in their total-body K from patients with other calculi as well as from normal subjects. The results indicate that total-body potassium deficiency is one of the factors causing urate calculosis.
D001823:Body Composition; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism; D011188:Potassium / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D011191:Potassium Deficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000378:metabolism*
D014527:Uric Acid; D011188:Potassium