ReviewUrolithiasis2017
What can the microstructure of stones tell us?
Review in Urolithiasis, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.
- Kidney stone growth through the lens of Raman mapping.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- The impact of crystal phase transition on the hardness and structure of kidney stones.Urolithiasis · 2024Article
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- Collagen fibrils and cell nuclei are entrapped within Randall's plaques but not in CaOx matrix overgrowth: A microscopic inquiry into Randall's plaque stone pathogenesis.Anatomical record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007) · 2022Article
- Human jackstone arms show a protein-rich, X-ray lucent core, suggesting that proteins drive their rapid and linear growth.Urolithiasis · 2022Article
- Multicolor imaging of calcium-binding proteins in human kidney stones for elucidating the effects of proteins on crystal growth.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Multimodal imaging reveals a unique autofluorescence signature of Randall's plaque.Urolithiasis · 2021Article
- Structural and chemical heterogeneities of primary hyperoxaluria kidney stones from pediatric patients.Journal of pediatric urology · 2021Article
- Using micro computed tomographic imaging for analyzing kidney stones.Comptes rendus. Chimie (Print) · 2021Article
- SEM-EDX linear scanning: a new tool for morpho-compositional analysis of growth bands in urinary stones.Journal of biological inorganic chemistry : JBIC : a publication of the Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry · 2020Article
- Endoscopic observations as a tool to define underlying pathology in kidney stone formers.World journal of urology · 2019Article
- Electron probe micro-analysis reveals the complexity of mineral deposition mechanisms in urinary stones.Urolithiasis · 2019Article
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- Papillary Ductal Plugging is a Mechanism for Early Stone Retention in Brushite Stone Disease.The Journal of urology · 2018Article
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Abstract
How stones are retained within the kidney while small in size is still not fully understood. In this paper, we show two examples of how stones are retained during early growth: one is growth on Randall's (interstitial) plaque, and the other is growth on mineral that has formed as a luminal plug in a terminal collecting duct. These two mechanisms of stone retention during early growth have distinctive morphologic features that can be seen by methods that show the microscopic structure of the stones. Stones growing on Randall's plaque display an apatite region that is typically not large in size (<0.5 mm across) but which usually shows luminal spaces, which are signs of its origin in the connective tissue of the papilla. Stones growing on ductal plugs also show attachment to a piece of apatite, but the apatite regions are typically larger (often >1 mm long and >0.5 mm wide), and they are solid, without spaces running through them. We propose that knowing the mechanisms of stone retention during early stone formation could allow for better treatment of stone diseases.
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