Analysis of renal calculi from a marine mollusc (Marcocallista nimbosa) . Implications for the study of urolithiasis

Tiffany, W.J.

Investigative Urology 17(2): 164-165

1979


ISSN/ISBN: 0021-0005
PMID: 468517
Document Number: 147933
An X-ray diffraction analysis of kidney stones from the bivalved mollusk M. nimbosa revealed the calculi composition to be amorphous 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.

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