Kidney stones, a painful and costly disease, have become a public health problem
worldwide. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between serum magnesium …

Previous studies on the role of trace elements (TE) in the development of calcium oxalate
(CaOx) human kidney stones by nuclear microprobe (NMP) investigated the mechanisms …

PURPOSE: Urinary macromolecules in children show stronger inhibition of Ca oxalate
crystal growth, aggregation and adhesion than in adults. To investigate the mechanism of …

Oxygen is absolutely essential for the survival of our life. However, metabolic consumption of
oxygen inevitably yields reactive oxygen species (ROS). Imbalance of ROS production and …

The present study aims at deducing correlation coefficients between concentrations of trace
elements and their metals, and determining the most important geochemical and …

Zamzam water is well known of its high conductivity. For this fact urologist and nephrologists
recommend their patients who are suffering from kidney stones not to drink this water …

Urinary stone disease is an ailment that has afflicted human kind for many centuries.
Nephrolithiasis is a significant clinical problem in everyday practice with a subsequent …

Purpose Magnesium plays numerous vital roles in human's body. It is known as a protective
factor in stone formation by binding to oxalate in the intestinal and urinary system, and …

In a previous study we demonstrated that oxalate induced free radical injury can promote
calcium oxalate stone formation. In the present study, we tested whether the antioxidants …

The pathophysiology of urinary stone formation is complex, involving a combination of
metabolic, genetic, and environmental factors. Over the past decades, remarkable advances …