Nephrolithiasis: Multimedia

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Keywords

nephrolithiasis, renal calculi, kidney stone, renal stone, ureteral calculi, ureterolithiasis, urolithiasis, urinary calculi, urinary lithiasis, urinary tract calculi, urinary tract stone disease, urinary stone disease, stone disease, kidney calculi, calculus, kidney stones, urinary stones, renal colic, ureterocolic, hematuria, urinary stone hematuria, hyperuricosuria, gouty diathesis, hypercalciuria, hyperparathyroidism, acute urinary obstruction, uric acid stones, uric acid calculi, ureteral stone, nidi, supersaturated urine, crystals of uric acid, bladder calculi, obstructing calculi, nonobstructing calculi, stone-induced hematuria, pyelonephritis, pyonephrosis, urosepsis, cystinuria, struvite calculi, recurrent stones, staghorn calculi, branched kidney stone, urinary tract infections, hyperoxaluria, hypocitraturia, low urinary volume, high urinary sodium, low urinary magnesium, Randall plaque, Randall’s plaque

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