Analysis of renal calculi from a marine mollusc (Marcocallista nimbosa). Implications for the study of urolithiasis.
An X-ray diffraction analysis of kidney stones from the bivalved mollusc Macrocallista nimbosa has revealed the calculi composition to be amorhpous calcium phosphate. The use of this animal for the study of urolithiasis is suggested because of the spatial and temporal ubiquity of its renal calculi.
D000818:Animals; D002130:Calcium Phosphates / Q000032:analysis; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000473:pathology*; D008974:Mollusca
D002130:Calcium Phosphates