Composition of Renal Stones: Calcium Oxalate Stones are more common in the North West of Pakistan

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Zahid Ahmad Hashmi
Ghazala Bashir
Hafiz Allah Nawaz

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in this study two hundred renal stones were chemically analyzed over the course of 10 years from November 1989 to october 1999. These stones were surgically removed in three different institutions. The stones were analyzed using stone analysis kit (Merck). Calcium oxalate stones were found to be more common in this part of the country i.e. 60%. The results are compared with other studies both national and International.

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Hashmi ZA, Bashir G, Nawaz HA. Composition of Renal Stones: Calcium Oxalate Stones are more common in the North West of Pakistan. J Postgrad Med Inst [Internet]. 2011 Sep. 21 [cited 2024 Apr. 19];15(2). Available from: https://www.jpmi.org.pk/index.php/jpmi/article/view/741
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