Pregnancy and Urolithiasis: Multimedia

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Further Reading

Keywords

urolithiasis in pregnancy, kidney stones, ureteral stones, bladder stones, urolithiasis, calculi, calculus, urosepsis, urinary tract infection, stone formation, uric acid stone disease, calcium stone disease, cystinuria, uric acid stone formation, calcium oxalate stone formation, calcium phosphate stone formation, crystalluria, struvite stones, renal calculi, nephrolithiasis, hypercalcemia, hypercalciuria, hydroureteronephrosis

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Bradley Fields Schwartz, DO, FACS, Professor of Urology, Director, Center for Laparoscopy and Endourology, Department of Surgery, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
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