COOKS is ideally situated to conduct the proposed research. While the associations between obesity and kidney stone risk have been defined, the mechanisms behind this relationship warrant further ...

“Assessment of Endogenous Oxalate Synthesis in Calcium Oxalate Kidney Stone Formers and Healthy Individuals.” The National Institutes of Health National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Diseases ...

The incidence of calcium oxalate nephrolithiasis in ... is interindividual variability in the accumulation of oxalate, especially by the kidney. This Review summarizes the transport and function ...

such as calcium, oxalate, or uric acid, concentrate in the urine and cause kidney stones. Kidney stones can be worsened by dehydration, excessive salt intake, animal protein consumption ...

The papillary tissue injuries in patients 2 and 3 may have been due to high urinary oxalate, and the injury in patient 4 may have been due to hyperuricemia observed on the clinical history of the ...