Ammonium urate urinary stone: its surface structure and incidence in Japan.
We report on a middle-aged woman with a stone in the right kidney, derived from ammonium urate. Its surface structure was examined by scanning electron microscopy. Ammonium urate is a very rare component of urinary stones in industrialized countries, and they are thought to have an incidence of lower than 0.1% in Japan. The aetiology of ammonium urate-derived stones was investigated from an endemo-epidemiological viewpoint.
Kohri
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K
Department of Urology, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Japan.
Takada
M
M
Kambara
N
N
Kurita
T
T
D000328:Adult; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000032:analysis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008096:Lithotripsy; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000032:analysis*
D014527:Uric Acid